5 Most Un-libertarian Positions of Gary Johnson

#3. Legalizing pot… and that’s it

Governor Gary Johnson has stated unequivocally that the war on drugs has been a complete failure and we should legalize pot… but the war on drugs is about more than pot.

Libertarians absolutely unequivocally believe in ending the war on drugs entirely, for all drugs. “We are not espousing the legalization of any drugs outside of marijuana,” Johnson said in a CNN Townhall discussion alongside his Vice Presidential pick William Weld, former governor of Massachusetts. Johnson has never come out explicitly and stated that he’d like to legalize all drugs, but that’s what ending the war on drugs means. Johnson hemmed and hawed after being berated by a distraught mother who overdosed on heroin, sticking to his prohibitionist talking points on harder drugs.