2018 VT Governor's race: on Drugs


Christine Hallquist: Tax retail marijuana for clean water and public education

On marijuana sales: Hallquist supports a taxed and regulated retail marijuana market, often framing her support in terms of protecting Vermonters from untrustworthy sources of marijuana.

Hallquist has talked about using marijuana revenue to fund clean-water initiatives and address opiate addiction. She told the cannabis website Heady Vermont that some of the money could also be used for public education.

Source: Burlington Free Press on 2018 Vermont gubernatorial race Aug 29, 2018

Keith Stern: Send drug addicts to treatment & dealers to boot camp

Stern said he would handle the opioid crisis by cracking down on offenders and expanding treatment.ÿ "We have to spend more money on treatment centers," he said. "My plan is for drug dealers to go to prison boot camp. These people don't have respect for others. They don't have discipline, no sense of responsibility. People need to learn that to become useful citizens."
Source: Mountain Times on 2018 Vermont Gubernatorial race Aug 31, 2017

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Candidates and political leaders on Drugs:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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