Past and present Senate candidates from Montana: on Drugs


Jon Tester: Medical marijuana ok; full legalization later

Q: Legalize or decriminalize marijuana?

Matt Rosendale (R): Supports medical marijuana. State should determine recreational use.

Jon Tester (D): Supports medical use. Feds need to respect vote. Hesitant about full legalization, but alcohol arguably worse.

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

Matt Rosendale: Medical marijuana ok; let states decide full legalization

Q: Legalize or decriminalize marijuana?

Matt Rosendale (R): Supports medical marijuana. State should determine recreational use.

Jon Tester (D): Supports medical use. Feds need to respect vote. Hesitant about full legalization, but alcohol arguably worse.

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

Albert Olszewski: Class 1 narcotics like marijuana should not be legal

Q: What is your opinion on the recreational use of marijuana?

A: I have voted against any recreational vote on marijuana. It's a class 1 narcotic and it's illegal across the country."

Source: KGVO Newstalk Facebook posting on 2018 Montana Senate race Apr 28, 2017

Amanda Curtis: Medical marijuana law is over-restrictive

Curtis has come out in support of "reasonable" gun control legislation that would expand background checks, and has criticized a 2011 medical marijuana law passed by the state Legislature as over restrictive, and pushed to increase hiring of Montanans for state public-works projects, according to the AP.
Source: The Hill e-zine on 2014 Montana Senate race Aug 16, 2014

Steve Daines: Limit federal DEA from interfering with state marijuana laws

A Montana group advocating the overhaul of marijuana laws praised U.S. Rep. Steve Daines on Friday for his vote to limit the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from interfering with state medical-marijuana laws. A spokesman for the Montana chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), called it "a political game changer":

"What we see is that conservatives in Congress are adhering to their principles in support of state's rights and reducing Big Government programs, even when it comes to subjects like marijuana policy. We applaud Steve Daines for standing up for Montana's laws, and expect Montana's senators to do the same."

Daines was one of 49 Republicans who voted to limit federal authority. The House, by a 219-189 vote, supported an amendment to deny funding for any efforts to prevent states from implementing their own medical-marijuana laws. "This is a matter of states' rights," a Daines spokesman said.

Source: Billings Gazette on 2014 Montana Senate race May 30, 2014

Conrad Burns: Repealing Patriot Act would cost us the Meth Control Act

Q: What do you think about Executive Authority with regards to warrantless wiretapping?

TESTER: If we want to get serious about the War on Terror, we need to make the investments to fight the war on terror. We ought not be taking rights away from honest citizens. By the time they figure out there’s a terror cell, they can get a warrant. The Senator wants to let them have Carte Blanche.

BURNS: Clinton set the record for Executive Orders. And they too pushed the envelope as far as the Constitution is concerned. But let me go back on this Patriot Act. It is a tool that is in place now for drug kingpins and organized crime. Why don’t you want that extended to terrorists? If you repeal it, as Mr. Tester wants to do, there goes the Meth Control Act, and the ability to monitor international phone calls from known numbers of people who want to kill us.

TESTER: Let’s not put this under the War on Drugs--that’s baloney.

Source: 2006 Montana 3-way Senate Debate at MSU Oct 9, 2006

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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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