Gary Johnson Knows He'll be Labeled the "Pot Candidate" | Fox News (blog) - Kelly David Burke - Apr 5, 2011:
"Johnson served as Governor of New Mexico from 1996 until 2002. He began advocating marijuana legalization during his second term when he realized the War on Drugs was inordinately consuming state and local resources.
"'I wanted to crack down on drinking and driving.... And ... law enforcement, the courts and the prisons ... all three said, "We are so busy, our dockets are so full that if you want to have this kind of initiative you better give us some more money, more resources"'
"Johnson says that half of the time and resources of state and local law enforcement, courts and prisons was being spent on drug related crime. To him it looked like just another failed government policy, throwing more and more money at a problem with little to show for it."
Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/04/05/gary-johnson-knows-hell-be-labeled-pot-candidate
"Johnson served as Governor of New Mexico from 1996 until 2002. He began advocating marijuana legalization during his second term when he realized the War on Drugs was inordinately consuming state and local resources.
"'I wanted to crack down on drinking and driving.... And ... law enforcement, the courts and the prisons ... all three said, "We are so busy, our dockets are so full that if you want to have this kind of initiative you better give us some more money, more resources"'
"Johnson says that half of the time and resources of state and local law enforcement, courts and prisons was being spent on drug related crime. To him it looked like just another failed government policy, throwing more and more money at a problem with little to show for it."
Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/04/05/gary-johnson-knows-hell-be-labeled-pot-candidate
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