Former Gov. Admits To Marijuana Use

[Judi Lynn]

Source: K.O.A.T.

Former Gov. Admits To Marijuana Use
Gary Johnson Used Marijuana To Recover From Crash
POSTED: 8:18 am MST December 7, 2010
UPDATED: 8:50 am MST December 7, 2010

SANTA FE, N.M. -- Former Gov. Gary Johnson admitted that he smoked marijuana for medical purposes while it was still illegal in New Mexico.

Johnson has been an advocate for both medical marijuana and the legalization of marijuana.

The former governor said he used the drug after suffering a painful paragliding accident in 2005. Johnson fractured several bones in the crash.

"It was illegal. Medical marijuana was not something that was allowed in New Mexico at the time," Johnson said. "I didn't want to be using painkillers, and somebody offered the marijuana as a way to ease the pain I was experiencing."

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Gov. Gary Johnson, Republican.

[Ian David]

1. The article doesn't give his party affiliation, because he's a Republican.

Gary E. Johnson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gary Earl Johnson (born January 1, 1953) is an American businessman and Republican politician who served as the 29th Governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003. He is well-known for his low-tax libertarian views and his regular participation in triathlons.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_E._Johnson

[fatbuckel]

3. I used to smoke it FOR FUN. I think it should be legal everywhere.

I think arresting people for speaking the truth should be illegal.

[MineralMan]

2. I confess. I smoked marijuana for recreational purposes

for several years back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Guess I won't be governor. :rofl:

[SpiralHawk]

4. Hell, Johnson was upfront about pot 10 years ago

He is one republicon who did not do the lie thing 24/7...

Unlike your average RepubliCrony, no sneaking around for adulterous wide-stance diaper sex in public craphouses with luggage-handling, bong-huffing rentboy faux lesbian male B & D hooker eXXXcorts for him.

[montanto]

5. lol.

[peachykeen]

6. De'ja' vu all over again

I thought I had read a similar headline about him years before 2005.

[gratuitous]

7. Well, yeah, but . . . uhhhh short term memory

Something.

Wait.

What?

[alfredo]

10. I like the definition of a Libertarian:

A Republican that smokes pot.

[Ter]

8. He is a true Libertarian

More so than even Ron Paul. Word is he's running for President in 2012.

[and-justice-for-all]

9. Oh the horror!!!!

:eyes:

[notesdev]

11. Given that the President in 2013 is unlikely to be a Democrat

I'd take a Libertarian over a Republican ANY day. You want to see some real change, boy would we get it then. Maybe not all in the direction we'd like, but I bet there would be some good points (stopping the war machine and police state being two biggies).