Iowa Lawmaker: "I'm Seventh Worst in the USA, but Want to Become Number One!"

The Marijuana Policy Project released its "8 Worst State Legislators of 2013" list earlier this week -- and one of Iowa's lawmakers made the cut. Representative Clel Baudler (R) of Greenfield, IA, was declared the Seventh Worst State Legislator, but it's not exactly what you might be thinking:

Baudler and seven other state legislators were selected based on their efforts to maintain or expand laws prohibiting the legal use of marijuana. Baudler made the list for his opposition to a bill to allow Iowans with serious illnesses to use medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it. Although an Iowa Poll found 58 percent of Iowans support such a law, Baudler said it would be the “top one or two or three stupidest bills” to pass the Legislature in more than 50 years.

Baudler is quite proud of this award and has already gone on record with his intent to eventually become the MPP's most worst state legislator at some point in the future.

Here is the complete list of legislators:

8. Rep. John Cebrowski (R) of New Hampshire.
7. Rep. Clel Baudler (R) of Iowa
6. Rep. David Howard (R) of Montana
5. Rep. Darryl Rouson (D) of Florida
4. Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam (R) of North Carolina
3. Rep. John Kavanagh (R) of Arizona
2. Rep. Luke Malek (R) of Idaho
1. Sen. John Morse (D) of Colorado

You can watch a video of the MPP's rankings and why each legislator made the list here: