Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
Gary Earl Johnsonis an American businessman, politician and the Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election. He served as the 29th Governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 as a member of the Republican Party. He was the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 January 1953
CityMinot, ND
CountryUnited States of America
Too many Americans have lost faith in our approach to the war on drugs...
Having a debate right now over whether or not to legalize marijuana is kind of like having a debate over whether the sun will come up tomorrow.
Let's end the unworkable marijuana prohibition and put our money where our mouth is. Let's solve the problems like border crime. We can do it with pot legalization.
Pot smokers may be the largest untapped voting bloc in the country. ... A hundred million Americans have smoked marijuana. You think they want to be considered criminals?
I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal.
90% of the problem with marijuana is prohibition related, not use related.
This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime.
We just wanted to give him this and more.
Control it, regulate it, tax it, ... If you legalize it we might actually have a healthier society.
An FBI agent and a Carter County deputy went to the scene, ... As they were driving up they noticed at a pay phone one of the fugitives -- (Charles) Jordan. They immediately arrested him without incident.
Everything is being done that can be done. And yet, we may just be seeing the beginning of what is a real catastrophe.
As (the maintenance supervisor) bent over to look at (a) motor, someone struck him in the head with an ax handle, and he was rendered unconscious,
We had a lot of new faces out there and they performed admirably in the cold. Overall it was a very rewarding experience for them.
We've known for really the last couple of years, but not exactly when it would happen. He'd said in the next year or so he'd like to go back to teaching.