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DreamSmoker

(841 posts)
Tue Aug 28, 2012, 02:36 PM Aug 2012

Mitt Romney Marijuana Views Echo Long Progressive History Of U.S. Drug War


"The entryway into our drug culture for our young people is marijuana," Romney said. "Marijuana is the starter drug. And the idea of medical marijuana is designed to help get marijuana out into the public marketplace and ultimately lead to the legalization of marijuana overall. And in my view, that's the wrong way to go."

Romney's contempt for the very question might seem to make the decision on Election Day easy for voters who care foremost about pot. But while Romney has vowed to fight weed tooth and nail, President Barack Obama is already doing so, throwing the weight of the Justice Department against medical marijuana shops around the country, even though he had previously promised not to waste federal resources targeting businesses in compliance with state law.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/mitt-romney-marijuana_n_1834422.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
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Mitt Romney Marijuana Views Echo Long Progressive History Of U.S. Drug War (Original Post) DreamSmoker Aug 2012 OP
Get him stoned...it might be the gateway to thinking. Atman Aug 2012 #1
Que the piano! bunnies Aug 2012 #2

Atman

(31,464 posts)
1. Get him stoned...it might be the gateway to thinking.
Tue Aug 28, 2012, 02:39 PM
Aug 2012

But then, he'll probably just change his mind again after he's eaten a bag of Fritos.

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