Bill Maher: 'Pot Is The New Gay Marriage' = new CNN Host agrees

At the close of Saturday's "Real Time," Bill Maher made the case for legalizing marijuana to be the next big civil rights issue, following in the footsteps of gay marriage.

As Maher explained, proponents of legalization have to demand that it be accepted, much like the LGBT community did with gay marriage. He even suggested that there's some political capital to be gained in doing so: "If Republicans were smart, they would steal marijuana from the Democrats as a freedom issue. Of course they're not smart so they won't."

Maher went on to refer to President Obama as our "first pothead president," questioning his leadership on drugs given that he's joked about smoking pot as a young man.

"If anyone can say 'smoking pot won't ruin your life,' it's the guy who smoked bales of it and then became the leader of the free world."

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CNN's new host George Strombolopoulos of CBC fame sat down with HuffPost Live on Monday to reveal details about his new late night talk show and weigh in on issues of the day including gun control and marijuana legalization.

During a discussion on marijuana legalization, Strombolopoulos called the drug war a "colossal failure." He added, "If you're going to legalize [marijuana], that's fine, but then you've gotta go into jail and you've got to get everybody in there who's on a weed charge and you've got to get them out ... It's a mistake to throw people in jail for rolling a joint."

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To be titled, simply, Stroumboulopoulos, the live show will debut Sunday, June 9 at 10 p.m. ET following the season finale of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown, the network announced Thursday afternoon.

The “masterful interviewer” will then bring his skills over to Friday night at 11 for the remainder of the show’s 10-week run, beginning June 14.

CNN will re-air Stroumboulopoulos Fridays at 2 and 5am ET, as well as Saturdays at 11pm, 2am and 5am ET.