Libertarian VP Hopeful Slams Obama Over Medical Marijuana Raidsselfnews Post Judge Gray was also critical of the Obama Administrations interference in Colorados state-regulated medical marijuana system. Last week, the Justice Department issued letters to 10 state-legal medical marijuana facilities demanding that they shut down. Fifty-seven total businesses have now received such letters. Judge Gray is running for vice president on the Libertarian ticket with presidential nominee and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. Johnson has expressed strong support for Amendment 64. Marijuana prohibition has been just as ineffective, harmful and wasteful as alcohol prohibition, Gray said. Regulating marijuana like alcohol will take marijuana out of the underground market where it is supporting drug cartels and other criminal enterprises, and it will allow the state and localities to redirect their limited law enforcement resources toward serious crimes. Amendment 64 presents a responsible new approach, and I am proud to lend it my full support. The federal government has no business interfering in states efforts to regulate and control marijuana, and I can assure you it would not do so under a Johnson administration. This article first appeared at GaryJohnson2012.com. Johnson is pro-marijuana legalization and the only third-party Presidential candidate on the ballot of all 50 states. 