Jann S. Wenner is the founder, co-editor, and publisher of "Rolling Stone" magazine and author of several books. His most recent is "Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir." https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/jann-wenner/like-a-rolling-stone/9780316415392/
Hunter was going to lock up bad drug dealers.
Hunter wrote the best coverage of the campaign.
The first time that 18-year-olds were allowed to vote was in 1972.
The Joe Rogan Experience
There's so much of, you know, when people think about Rolling Stone, a lot of people think about the early days, they think about Hunter.
You know, they think about when you guys covered his run for sheriff.
I mean, that was a giant moment in culture, too, that this fucking madman was running for sheriff.
And the panic, the moral panic that people had about, oh my God, what if this guy actually becomes a sheriff
and takes up all the streets and locks up all the drug dealers who are actually selling drugs?
No, he wasn't going to lock up drug dealers. He was going to lock up bad drug dealers.
Right. All the drug dealers that were selling drugs.
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