Gary Johnson declares for president: Is he the next Ron Paul?: "Mr. Johnson is not your typical Republican.... He advocates legalizing marijuana, supports gay marriage, and opposes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also favors a temporary guest-worker program and a process that allows illegal workers to earn legal status....
Johnson is sure to get lots of attention for his stand on legalizing marijuana. He has called the war on drugs “an expensive bust” that drains government resources on police, courts, and prisons. In a December 2010 interview with John McCormack of The Weekly Standard, he acknowledged illegal marijuana use as a painkiller between 2005 and 2008, following a paragliding accident. (Medical marijuana became legal in New Mexico in 2007.)"
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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