Past and present Senate candidates from Mississippi: on Drugs


David Baria: Medical marijuana yes; recreational marijuana no

Q: Marijuana: Legalize or decriminalize marijuana?

David Baria (D): Supports medical marijuana legalization. Opposes recreational legalization.

Roger Wicker (R): No. Supports federal intervention against states that have legalized medical or recreational marijuana.

Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Mississippi Senate race Oct 9, 2018

Roger Wicker: Feds should intervene if states legalize marijuana

Q: Marijuana: Legalize or decriminalize marijuana?

David Baria (D): Supports medical marijuana legalization. Opposes recreational legalization.

Roger Wicker (R): No. Supports federal intervention against states that have legalized medical or recreational marijuana.

Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Mississippi Senate race Oct 9, 2018

Tate Reeves: Stronger measures against drugs at work

The legislature approved several measures to make Mississippi an even better place to do business. Government should create an environment to encourage the private sector to create more jobs. The state's workers' compensation law also was reformed to ensure a fair and impartial relationship between the worker and employer with provisions to better define the employee's choice of physician, implement stronger measures against workplace drug and alcohol use, and increase certain benefits.
Source: TodayInMississippi.com on 2018 Mississippi Senate race May 26, 2018

David Baria: In favor of legalizing medical marijuana

[On a call-in show]: "I can tell you that I am in favor of legalizing medical marijuana that can be prescribed while under a doctor's care," he said answering a caller's question. "I know that medical marijuana has benefits for patients suffering from PTSD and for folks experiencing pain." Baria stopped short of supporting legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes. "I am in favor of leaving it to the states and keeping the federal prosecutors out of states where it has been legalized," he said.
Source: Jackson Free Press on 2018 Mississippi Senate race May 8, 2018

Jensen Bohren: Marijuana should be treated like alcohol and tobacco

In addition to Prison Reform, we need national Marijuana legalization. Marijuana needs to be removed from the drug scheduling and regulated like alcohol or tobacco. There are too many people getting into legal trouble that damages their future due to small amounts of marijuana, and the states are missing an enormous tax revenue with the black market sales of cannabis.
Source: 2018 Mississippi Senate campaign website vote4jensen.com Jan 1, 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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