• Sarah Palin admits that she had once smoked marijuana but it
was during the time Alaska legalized the smoking of marijuana.
The Supreme Court of Alaska in 1975 allowed the possession of up
to 4 oz. marijuana per person as legal. The Alaskan law was
reversed in 1990 in making it illegal.
• Palin admits that although she smoked marijuana she did not
like it then and stopped smoking it.
• Palin is of the opinion that the use of marijuana for medical
purposes is good but the drug should not be legalized.
• She does not support the legalization of marijuana fearing
the future of her four kids.
• Palin believes that her smoking marijuana along with 100
million Americans who have done so is no big deal but now feels
that users should be put in jail.
Romney opposes the legalization of marijuana, including medical
marijuana.
“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.”
July 25, 2007, Romney speaking at a town hall meeting in Bedford,
New Hampshire
“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.”
October 4, 2007, Romney speaking to students at St. Anselm
Institute of Politics in Manchester, New Hampshire
