>From: "Peter McWilliams" <peter@mcwilliams.com>
>Subject: The ignorant majority
>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 01:24:26 -0800
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>Pubdate: Wed, 26 Jan 2000
>Source: New York Times (NY)
>Copyright: 2000 The New York Times Company
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>Author: The Associated Press
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>N.M. GOV. CHASTISED ON DRUG STANCE
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>SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- The New Mexico Senate condemned Gov. Gary Johnson on
>Wednesday for supporting the legalization of cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
>
>Senators voted 37 to 4 for the resolution, which was brought to the floor
>by Johnson's fellow Republicans in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
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>The House is considering a similar measure.
>
>Johnson's spokeswoman, Diane Kinderwater, said it was ``a scary thought
>that New Mexico senators would advocate not allowing a governor to have
>freedom of speech, something this country was founded on.''
>
>Johnson drew strong criticism last year when he first proposed the idea
>of legalizing drugs, with strict controls.
>
>``Control it. Regulate it. Tax it. If we legalize it, we just might have a
>better society,'' he said then, arguing that the war on drugs has been a
>multibillion-dollar failure.
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