2018 WA Senate race: on Drugs


Susan Hutchison: Strengthen federal prosecution in opioid drug crisis

Nowhere is the opioid drug crisis more pitiful than in Seattle where countless addicts live on the streets or in tents. The Seattle government has no plan to cure the problem but only to enable and tolerate more of the same.ÿ I WILL strengthen the federal role in this national crisis-tightening prescription rules, prosecuting illegal drug trafficking across borders, treating rather than enabling addiction, promoting recovery programs and re-evaluating Medicaid distribution.ÿ
Source: 2018 Washington Senate campaign website Susan4Senate.com Aug 14, 2018

Dave Strider: Allow military honorable discharge after marijuana use

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Marijuana is a gateway drug"?

A: I have had legal access for over 40 years. I changed the military law protecting service people from getting less than an honorable discharge.

Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Washington Senate candidate Apr 27, 2018

Mike Luke: Wants to stop all federal regulation of marijuana

There is no authorization for the federal government to prohibit marijuana, this is a matter for the states. Marijuana should be immediately reclassified with the next step of repealing all federal regulation of Marijuana. As more states legalize Marijuana in some way remember there is still federal law regulating it, the feds are still out there lurking around and I fear some may pounce on innocent people and honest businesses? Let's just take away that option from the federal government!
Source: 2018 Washington Senatorial campaign website Luke4senate.com Feb 22, 2018

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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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