Libertarian Adrian Wyllie Backs Amendment 2, Marijuana Legalization

On Thursday, Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Adrian Wyllie played up his commitment to Amendment 2, a proposal Floridians will vote on in November to expand medical marijuana. In a video his campaign released on Thursday, Wyllie also noted that he supports marijuana legalization in general.

I support Amendment 2, Wyllie says in the video. I don't believe that anyone, especially not government, should interfere with the decisions that you and your doctor make about your health-care treatment.

But I'm also the only candidate in this race who supports full legalization of marijuana. I believe it's a freedom issue: that government doesn't have the authority to tell you what you can or can't put into your own body, so long as you're not harming anyone else, Wyllie adds. And I also look at if from a perspective of how we can better our society. If we were to legalize marijuana, we could eliminate the associated crime, the violence, the incarceration rate, the overcrowding of our court system and also save millions, perhaps billions, of dollars in enforcement.

You know, in a historical context, the only time that people were killing each other in the streets over alcohol was during Prohibition. That's what we have today, Wyllie continues. I think we'll find that legalizing marijuana will result in less crime, less violence, and a safer and more prosperous Florida.