• Romney believes that the push to legalize marijuana for medical use is an effort by a
committed few to try and get marijuana out into the public and ultimately legalize it.

• During his 2008 presidential bid Romney was asked about his stand on the legalizing of
medical marijuana he replied thus, "I don't want marijuana to be used in our country. I'm not going
to legalize marijuana."

• Mitt Romney strongly opposes the use of medicinal marijuana to cure illnesses. He says that
there are many synthetic forms of this drug that are legal and that can be used for people who need
it.

• He was reported to have turned his back on a patient who sought his advice on the use of
medical marijuana since the synthetic marijuana did not help in his illness.

• Romney is reported not to have opposed the research of two universities that used high
potency medical marijuana for their medical testing.

• Mitt Romney's view is that the people of his country should be comfortable when they are
ill and for this he does not want them to take drugs that would ruin their lives rather than cure
illnesses.  For this purpose Romney says, "I don't want to encourage more involvement in or allow
more people to get involved in the marijuana and the drug culture."

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