Gov Gary Johnson

"But Marianne who is now 40 years old, at the age of 14, became addicted to Tylenol 3 with codeine. At fourteen. The recurring cycle in her life was that doctors would prescribe Tylenol 3 with codeine. They would end the prescription and she was addicted so she had to continue to take the drug, so she would write herself false prescriptions for the drugs. Over the course of her life, she wrote herself one hundred and fifty prescriptions for Tylenol 3 with codeine.

"Now, this was her only crime. What harm was she doing to anyone other than herself? I don't think she was doing any harm other than to herself. Because of mandatory sentencing, she was caught writing these prescriptions three times, and in 1998 she was sentenced to twenty five and a half years in prison. This happens to be more than second degree murder in the Sate of New Mexico. This happens to be more than rape and kidnapping..., ahh..., kidnapping and rape with a ski-mask. And this happens to be more than drinking, driving, and killing somebody by a factor of like two and a half times. This is what's happening in this country."

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After a screening of the movie "Coca Mama", a panel discussion was held featuring New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson on his marijuana policy, Sanho Tree (Institute of Policy Studies), and author Sally Denton. These very compelling discussions were held before a packed house at Taos Community Auditorium on October 12, 2002 as part of the Taos Mountain Film Festival. First Posted on taosplaza.com in December 2002

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