I don’t want anyone to get the idea that I’m endorsing recreational marijuana use at all.

Joe Allbaugh, a conservative Republican who was campaign manager for both George W. Bush and Rick Perry and a former FEMA director. Allbaugh is now an investor in and board director of Colorado-based CannLabs, which calls itself “a leader in cannabis innovation” and specializes in the testing of pot potency and quality. Allbaugh says he got interested in marijuana when his wife developed cancer.