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
• Mike Huckabee says bluntly that he does not support the idea
of making marijuana legal even for medicinal purposes. He opines
that marijuana has no medicinal use and that alternative drugs
could be used.
• Huckabee's responded to whether cancer and AIDS patients
using marijuana should be jailed by saying, "I think I?d leave
that to the DEA. Let me just be very blunt. I don't support the
idea. I think there are better ways to treat medical illnesses
than the use of a drug that has really caused so many more people
to have their lives injured than it has to necessarily have their
lives helped."
• Replying to the question whether he would stop the federal
raids on medical marijuana patients he replied thus, "you know, I
don't support the idea of legalizing marijuana, so I want to be
honest about that. I don't think there are as many wonderful
things to come from it as there are some dangers to come from
it."
• Mike Huckabee says that he will not ignore the law but if the
people like to believe in it they should get the law changed
accordingly.
