Mitt Romney’s Close-Minded Views About Marijuana

Well, just when I was sure that people were awakening from their prejudiced and fearful assumptions about marijuana, I decided to check and see what Mitt Romney (and the vast majority of Republican puppets that refuse to think for themselves or acknowledge scientific facts) had to say on the subject. What I found is quite disturbing. Romney’s view of marijuana is very much the view of those that first prohibited the wonderful flower.

Here’s Mitt Romney on July 25, 2007 speaking at a town hall meeting in Bedford NH:

“People talk about medicinal marijuana. And you know, you hear that story that people who are sick need medicinal marijuana. But marijuana is the entry drug for people trying to get kids hooked on drugs. I don’t want medicinal marijuana; there are synthetic forms of marijuana that are available for people who need it for prescription. Don’t open the doorway to medicinal marijuana.”

Here’s Mitt Romney on October 4, 2007  speaking to students at the St. Anselm Institute of Politics in Manchester, NH:

“I believe marijuana should be illegal in our country. It is the pathway to drug usage by our society, which is a great scourge — which is one of the great causes of crime in our cities, and I believe we are at a state where, of course, we are very concerned about people who are suffering, and there are various means of providing pain management.”

Last and certainly not least, here’s Mitt on May 9, 2012 responding to a  CBS 4 reporter in Denver who fairly asked his stance on legalizing medical marijuana, a significant issue in Colorado:

“Aren’t there issues of significance that you’d like to talk about? The economy — the economy — the economy, the growth of jobs, the need to put people back to work. The challenges of Iran. We’ve got enormous issues that we face. But you want to talk, go ahead. You want to talk about medical marijuana. I think marijuana should not be legal in this country. I believe it’s a gateway drug to other drug violations.“

This is only one of the reasons we must fight to keep Obama in office, despite his recent activity in California I personally believe he is our best chance at marijuana reform in his second term. If Romney wins, the War on Weed will only get worse.