Second video (1min 4sec) of New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson speaking about Marijuana at Taos Mountain Film Festival in 2002: "Pot Smokers Don't Belong in Treatment." "The fundamental problem with US policy is as follows. If you smoke pot, the government believes one of two things. One is that you should go to jail or two, you should go to treatment. That's it! And I reject that, in that I don't believe that the vast majority of people that smoke pot don't belong in treatment at all. They smoke pot like other people have cocktails in the evening. They don't do any harm to anyone else. They don't get behind the wheel of a car. Again, fundamentally they've made a choice. I wouldn't agree with that choice. I don't think they should be behind bars..."
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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