CampusElect.org 2018 Gubernatorial coverage: on Drugs

Ben Jealous: Fully legalize marijuana & collect license fees & taxes

Hogan: Mixed. Signed bill expanding medical marijuana industry. Wait and see before recreational legalization.

Jealous: Yes. Fully legalize marijuana, including diverse communities in licensing. Use tax revenues to pay for universal, full-day, pre-K education.

Brian Kemp: Unequivocally opposes recreational use of marijuana

Abrams: Supports medical use and decriminalization of small amounts for recreational use as "a critical step to criminal justice reform."

Kemp: "Unequivocally" opposes recreational use. Supports limited

Bruce Rauner: Decriminalize marijuana; but no to legalization

Pritzker: Legalize.

Rauner: No to legalization. Signed bill to decriminalize small amounts.

Fred Hubbell: Yes to expanding medical marijuana use

Hubbell: No for recreational until more results from other states. Yes to expanding medical use.

Reynolds: No for recreational. Authorized limited medical marijuana bill but opposes expansion.

Janet Mills: Legalize recreational marijuana and bring in millions

Mills: Yes. Properly implemented, could "bring millions into our state economy, create jobs, and end unjust & costly war on drugs."

Moody: Opposes, part of corrupt initiative process that led him to run for office. Can't test impairment, so legalization is a liability for employers.

John Bel Edwards: Expand medical marijuana, but no recreational usage

Abraham: No on recreational. Current medical marijuana law OK, but don't expand.

Bel Edwards: No on recreational. Expand medical marijuana qualifying conditions.

Rispone: No on recreational

Kim Reynolds: No for recreational; limited medical marijuana

Hubbell: No for recreational until more results from other states. Yes to expanding medical use.

Reynolds: No for recreational. Authorized limited medical marijuana bill but opposes expansion.

Larry Hogan: Expand medical marijuana; wait on recreational marijuana

Hogan: Mixed. Signed bill expanding medical marijuana industry. Wait and see before recreational legalization.

Jealous: Yes. Fully legalize marijuana, including diverse communities in licensing. Use tax revenues to pay for universal, full-day, pre-K education.

Ralph Abraham: Medical marijuana OK as-is, but no recreational usage

Abraham: No on recreational. Current medical marijuana law OK, but don't expand.

Bel Edwards: No on recreational. Expand medical marijuana qualifying conditions.

Rispone: No on recreational

Shawn Moody: Opposes legalizing recreational marijuana despite 2016 vote

Mills: Yes. Properly implemented, could "bring millions into our state economy, create jobs, and end unjust & costly war on drugs."

Moody: Opposes, part of corrupt initiative process that led him to run for office. Can't test impairment, so legalization is a liability for employers.

Adam Laxalt: Did not seek to allow marijuana business banking

Adam Laxalt (R): "An issue for our federal representatives to address." The only Attorney General in a state with legalization not to ask feds to ease related banking prohibitions.

Steve Sisolak (D): Would fight federal intrusion into state marijuana industry. Also, erase misdemeanor marijuana convictions and enforce current state rules to make NV "the gold standard in the cannabis industry."

Andrew Gillum: legalize marijuana, and tax it

Ron DeSantis (R): No. Opposes recreational use. Will implement will of the voters on medical.

Andrew Gillum (D): Yes. "Legalize it. Tax it. Use the revenues to fix Florida's public schools."

Bill Lee: Opposes recreational marijuana; wait on medical marijuana

Karl Dean (D): Legalize medical use. No legalization of recreational marijuana, but possibly decriminalize small amounts.

Bill Lee (R): Opposes legalizing recreational marijuana; says further exploration of medical use is needed.

Bill Schuette: Led campaign against medical marijuana in 2008

Bill Schuette (R): Concerned legalization will increase youth access, but will respect voters' will. Led campaign against medical marijuana in 2008 but now supports with proper controls.

Gretchen Whitmer (D): Supports legalization for adult recreational use & expungement & exoneration of cannabis-related criminal histories. Endorsed 2008 marijuana initiative.

David Garcia: Decriminalize marijuana use & possession

Doug Ducey (R): No. Opposes recreational legalization. Campaigned heavily to defeat a ballot measure supporting adult use.

David Garcia (D): Expand medical marijuana & decriminalize marijuana use & possession.

Gretchen Whitmer: Supports marijuana legalization for adult recreational use

Bill Schuette (R): Concerned legalization will increase youth access, but will respect voters' will. Led campaign against medical marijuana in 2008 but now supports with proper controls.

Gretchen Whitmer (D): Supports legalization for adult recreational use & expungement & exoneration of cannabis-related criminal histories. Endorsed 2008 marijuana initiative.

Jared Polis: Treat marijuana like alcohol; end Drug War on states

Jared Polis (D): Yes. The only candidate who supported legalization in 2012. Treat it like alcohol. Opposes Justice Department's war against states with legalization.

Walker Stapleton (R): Unknown. But is concerned about unintended consequences of legalization, including mental health issues.

Jeff Johnson: Medical marijuana ok but not recreational

Jeff Johnson (R): Supports medical marijuana but opposed to legalizing recreational.

Tim Walz (D): Yes. Supports full legalization of medical and recreational marijuana for adults.

Karl Dean: No recreational marijuana; decriminalize light medical use

Karl Dean (D): Legalize medical use. No legalization of recreational marijuana, but possibly decriminalize small amounts.

Bill Lee (R): Opposes legalizing recreational marijuana; says further exploration of medical use is needed.

Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Supports medical marijuana and recreational legalization

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Supported NM medical marijuana program & voted in Congress to protect. Supports recreational legalization.

Steve Pearce (R): No. Strongly opposes recreational legalization. "It would hinder the economic fortunes of poor people."

Mike DeWine: Opposes recreational marijuana; opposes Ballot issue 1

Richard Cordray (D): Would legalize. Supports Issue 1 as alternative to failed drug & incarceration policies. "Can't arrest way out of opioid crisis," so fund treatment & prevention programs, train law enforcement, & boost state support for families.

Mike DeWine (R): Opposes recreational marijuana legalization or decriminalization. Sued Toledo when the city passed municipal decriminalization. Also opposes Issue 1. To help address opioid crisis, expand substance-abuse & early intervention programs, and add drug courts.

Richard Cordray: Can't arrest way out of opioid crisis

Richard Cordray (D): Would legalize. Supports Issue 1 as alternative to failed drug & incarceration policies. "Can't arrest way out of opioid crisis," so fund treatment & prevention programs, train law enforcement, & boost state support for families.

Mike DeWine (R): Opposes recreational marijuana legalization or decriminalization. Sued Toledo when the city passed municipal decriminalization. Also opposes Issue 1. To help address opioid crisis, expand substance-abuse & early intervention programs, and add drug courts.

Ron DeSantis: No recreational marijuana; let voters decide medical usage

Ron DeSantis (R): No. Opposes recreational use. Will implement will of the voters on medical.

Andrew Gillum (D): Yes. "Legalize it. Tax it. Use the revenues to fix Florida's public schools."

Scott Wagner: Supports legal medical marijuana but not recreational

Scott Wagner (R): Supports legal medical marijuana but not recreational.

Tom Wolf (D): Supports legal medical marijuana; does not support legalizing recreational at this time, wait on experience of other states.

Scott Walker: Opposes legalization of both medical & recreational use

Tony Evers (D): Legalize medical use. Determine recreational legalization through statewide referendum.

Scott Walker (R): No. Opposes legalization of both medical & recreational use, except cannabis-based oil for seizure patients.

Steve Pearce: Opposes recreational marijuana

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Yes. Supported NM medical marijuana program & voted in Congress to protect. Supports recreational legalization.

Steve Pearce (R): No. Strongly opposes recreational legalization. "It would hinder the economic fortunes of poor people."

Steve Sisolak: Fight federal intrusion into state marijuana industry

Adam Laxalt (R): "An issue for our federal representatives to address." The only Attorney General in a state with legalization not to ask feds to ease related banking prohibitions.

Steve Sisolak (D): Would fight federal intrusion into state marijuana industry. Also, erase misdemeanor marijuana convictions and enforce current state rules to make NV "the gold standard in the cannabis industry."

Tim Walz: Full legalization of medical and recreational marijuana

Jeff Johnson (R): Supports medical marijuana but opposed to legalizing recreational.

Tim Walz (D): Yes. Supports full legalization of medical and recreational marijuana for adults.

Tom Wolf: Legal medical marijuana, but not recreational, yet

Scott Wagner (R): Supports legal medical marijuana but not recreational.

Tom Wolf (D): Supports legal medical marijuana; does not support legalizing recreational at this time, wait on experience of other states.

Tony Evers: Legalize medical use; referendum on recreational use

Tony Evers (D): Legalize medical use. Determine recreational legalization through statewide referendum.

Scott Walker (R): No. Opposes legalization of both medical & recreational use, except cannabis-based oil for seizure patients.

Walker Stapleton: Concerned about unintended consequences of legalizing pot

Jared Polis (D): Yes. The only candidate who supported legalization in 2012. Treat it like alcohol. Opposes Justice Department's war against states with legalization.

Walker Stapleton (R): Unknown. But is concerned about unintended consequences of legalization, including mental health issues.

The above quotations are from CampusElect.org 2018 Campus Election Engagement Project. Click here for definitions & background information on Drugs. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Charlie Baker on Drugs.
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