Warren County District Attorney Rob Greene will not seek a fourth term and will instead shift his focus to advocacy on the issue of marijuana.

Greene made the announcement Thursday afternoon.

“Twelve years of working for the government is enough,” he said. “I feel I can better represent the people and make a larger impact on freedom in the private sector.”

Greene was first elected to the top law enforcement role in 2013 and his current term runs through December 2025.

“I am a freedom loving, Second Amendment, small government, Republican district attorney from a rural Pa. county and I have a confession to make,” he said. “I have used cannabis most of my entire life and I recently obtained my Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Card.”

He cautioned that he has not — and would not — drive or “make legal decisions affecting people’s lives when I was incapable of doing so due to cannabis use.”

He said he uses “cannabis responsibly and have not been shy about my advocacy for legalizing marijuana which has been used by humans for over 5,000 years of medicine, religion and recreation.

“Freedom isn’t free and it’s time for me to join the front line.”

For a full story, see Friday’s Times Observer.