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Article: The New Mexico Maverick: Gov. Gary Johnson, libertarian star.
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- November 8, 1999
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'In running for office during my first term, I offered up the fact that I smoked marijuana. And the media was very quick to say, 'Oh, so you experimented with marijuana,'" recalls Gov. Gary Johnson, Republican of New Mexico. "No, I smoked marijuana. This is something that I did. I did it along with a lot of other people. But me and my buddies, you know . . . we enjoyed what we were doing."
The scene is a drug-policy conference at the Cato Institute, and the auditorium is packed. The audience is think-tank bohemian: bearded drug-policy wonks, open-collared legalization advocates, and a few plain old potheads. One reporter from High Times magazine has dyed his hair ...