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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Apr 17, 2015, 10:01 AM Apr 2015

Rubio and Christie are your "Reefer Madness" Candidates....


By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS

If Marco Rubio or Chris Christie manage to elbow out the competition and win the White House in 2016, they'll crack down on pot in states that have legalized marijuana.

The Republican presidential hopefuls told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in separate interviews on Tuesday that they'd enforce federal drug laws and block the sale of marijuana in Colorado and Washington.

'Marijuana is a gateway drug,' Christie said, citing an 'enormous addiction problem in this country.'

'And we need to send very clear leadership from the White House on down through the federal law enforcement. Marijuana is an illegal drug under federal law. And the states should not be permitted to sell it and profit from it.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3040342/Republicans-vow-war-pot-White-House-Marco-Rubio-Chris-Christie-say-clampdown-cannabis-sales.html
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Rubio and Christie are your "Reefer Madness" Candidates.... (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2015 OP
I hope they don't cut off our Cheetos imports. bluedigger Apr 2015 #1

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
1. I hope they don't cut off our Cheetos imports.
Fri Apr 17, 2015, 10:06 AM
Apr 2015

Really, what are they going to do? There aren't enough DEA agents to do anything - the horse has left the barn.

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