2024 AZ Senate race: on Drugs

Kari Lake: End federal support for so-called "harm reduction" policies

Rebuilding a national system of in-patient treatment centers, halfway houses, and assisted-living facilities for drug and mental health treatment of the most seriously addicted and mentally-deranged individuals to get the treatment they need and get back on a path to wellness.

Refocus federal policy to lead with services and treatment, and end federal support for so-called "harm reduction" policies that have failed and are only enabling chronic street homelessness and drug use as a lifestyle.

Source: 2024 Arizona Senate campaign website KariLake.com Oct 11, 2023

Mark Lamb: We must declare the drug cartels as terrorist organizations

Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for American adults and is flowing right across the Southern Border, smuggled in by the cartels. Simply put, fentanyl is poisoning an entire generation of Americans, our children in particular, who are often targeted for recruitment by the criminal cartels. Decisive action is needed to eliminate the cartels and save lives. We must declare the cartels as terrorist organizations and destroy them just like we did to ISIS. Source: 2024 Arizona Senate campaign website SheriffLamb.com Jun 28, 2024

Kari Lake: Apologized for claiming teachers pushed legal pot

Marijuana

Ruben Gallego (D): Legal. Voted to decriminalize marijuana. As AZ state Representative, introduced a 2014 bill to legalize. Sponsored a bill to allow banking services to a state-legal marijuana business.

Kari Lake (R): Unclear. In 2018 said a campaign to increase school funding and teacher pay was "a big push to legalize pot." She later apologized. Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Arizona Senate race Aug 8, 2024

Ruben Gallego: End decades of failed drug policy

NORML Politician Info:

"The criminalization of marijuana has been a disaster for communities of color and fueled decades of over-incarceration. It's time for federal law to catch up to the 37 states including AZ that have decriminalized marijuana. The Senate needs to pass the MORE Act." (04/20/22)
"Yesterday, I voted for the MORE Act because too many lives have been ruined by the criminalization of marijuana. It's past time the federal government address the racial disparities in marijuana enforcement & end decades of failed drug policy." (04/02/22)
In response to a tweet by the Associated Press about Canada's government pardoning those with a record of 30 grams or less of cannabis possession Gallego replies, "We need to legalize Cannabis and do the same in the US. #ItsTime" (10/16/18)

Source: NORML Politician Info on 2024 Arizona Senate race Aug 8, 2024

Ruben Gallego: Legalize marijuana, and allow banking services

Marijuana

Ruben Gallego (D): Legal. Voted to decriminalize marijuana. As AZ state Representative, introduced a 2014 bill to legalize. Sponsored a bill to allow banking services to a state-legal marijuana business.

The above quotations are from 2024 Arizona Senatorial race: debates and news coverage. Click here for definitions & background information on Drugs. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by Kyrsten Sinema on Drugs. Click here for more quotes by Ruben Gallego on Drugs.
*Candidates and political leaders on Drugs:*
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