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Crime     MJ Hegar: We have a mass incarceration problem.

Drugs     Jill Tokuda: Allow transport between islands of medical marijuana.     Bob McDermott: Allow transport between islands of medical marijuana.     Brett Kavanaugh: Allow mandatory drug testing at school for at-risk youth.     Chris Van Hollen: Allow those with drug convictions to get college tax credit.     Cynthia Thielen: Allow transport between islands of medical marijuana.     David Ige: Vetoed transport between islands of medical marijuana.     Eddie Mauro: Legalize marijuana and release those locked up immediately.     Madison Horn: Treat marijuana as personal choice not criminal problem.     Mandela Barnes: Pun-filled tweets support governor's legalization plan.     Mark Brnovich: States lead on marijuana; feds need to get out of the way.     Mehmet Oz: Cannabis safer than alcohol & safer than narcotics.     MJ Hegar: Absolutely for legalizing marijuana, expunging records.     Susie Lee: Co-sponsored SAFE Banking Act for marijuana businesses.     Tobias Read: Led bipartisan coalition for cannabis industry banking.     Luke Mixon: Supports Biden's move to review how marijuana is classified.     Francis Suarez: Federal cannabis policy needs to catch up with the states.     Donald Trump: Cannabis is popular, but it does damage.     Ron DeSantis: Don't federally decriminalize cannabis.     Mike Pence: Lean into the war on drugs; cannabis is a gateway drug.     Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Federally decriminalize cannabis .     Vivek Ramaswamy: Legalize marijuana, plus psychedelics for PTSD vets .     Ras Baraka: Treat home grown cannabis the same as other gardening.     Ashley Hinson: For medical marijuana; concerned about recreational use.     Bill Hagerty: Cannabis legalization will stimulate crime on the streets.     Thom Tillis: Let states deal with marijuana as with alcohol and tobacco.     Joe Lombardo: Signed marijuana reform bill increasing possession limit.     Donovan Dela Cruz: Allow transport between islands of medical marijuana.     Chris Christie: End war on drugs: treat addicts; penalize dealers.     Dan Sullivan: Co-sponsored bill directing VA to research medical marijuana.     Glenn Youngkin: Legalization a problem, never met user who was successful.     Austin Scott: For marijuana banking; for legalizing CBD.     Byron Donalds: Arrested for cannabis in 1997; supports sealing records.     Byron Donalds: Supports cannabis research & marijuana banking legislation.     Dan Meuser: Ease marijuana research restrictions.     Gary Palmer: Opposes cannabis banking and other reforms.     Jack Bergman: Advance clinical treatments for psychedelics.     Mike Johnson: Consistently against cannabis-related legislation.     Pete Sessions: Vociferous opponent of marijuana policy reform.     Tom Emmer: Leave cannabis criminalization to each state.     Kevin Hern: Voted to protect state programs, oppose federal legalization.

Homeland Security     Jack Bergman: Study therapeutic potential of marijuana for military vets.     Pete Sessions: Disallow VA doctors recommending medical cannabis to vets.     Tom Emmer: Allow VA doctors to recommend medical marijuana to veterans.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Ashley Hinson Republican Challenger Iowa Austin Scott Republican U.S. Rep Georgia-8 Bill Hagerty Republican Jr Senator Tennessee Bob McDermott Hawaii Republican candidate for governor Brett Kavanaugh Nominee for Supreme Court Justice Byron Donalds Florida Republican Challenger Chris Christie New Jersey N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate Chris Van Hollen Democratic Jr Senator Maryland Cynthia Thielen Republican Challenger (2006) Hawaii Dan Meuser Republican U.S. Rep Pennsylvania-9 Dan Sullivan Republican Jr Senator Alaska David Ige Hawaii Democratic Governor Donald Trump Republican former President Donovan Dela Cruz Hawaii Democratic State Senate Eddie Mauro Democratic 2020 Senate Challenger Iowa Francis Suarez Florida Miami mayor; GOP presidential challenger (withdrew Oct.2023) Gary Palmer Republican House Member U.S. Rep Alabama-6 Glenn Youngkin Virginia Republican challenger for Governor Jack Bergman Republican U.S. Rep Michigan-1 Jill Tokuda Democrat U.S. Rep Hawaii-2 Joe Lombardo Nevada Republican Gubernatorial Challenger Kevin Hern Republican Senate Challenger Oklahoma Luke Mixon Democratic Senate Challenger Louisiana Madison Horn Democratic Challenger Oklahoma Mandela Barnes Wisconsin Democratic candidate for Governor Mark Brnovich Republican Challenger Arizona Mehmet Oz Republican Challenger Pennsylvania Mike Johnson Republican U.S. Rep Louisiana-4 Mike Pence Indiana Former Republican Vice President (withdrew Oct.2023) MJ Hegar Democratic 2020 Senate Challenger Texas Pete Sessions Republican U.S. Rep Texas-17 Ras Baraka New Jersey Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. District of Columbia Independent presidential Challenger Ron DeSantis Florida Republican presidential contender; FL governor Susie Lee Democrat U.S. Rep Nevada-3 Thom Tillis Republican Sr Senator (retiring) North Carolina Tobias Read Oregon Democratic Challenger Tom Emmer Republican House Member U.S. Rep Minnesota-6 Vivek Ramaswamy Ohio CEO & Republican Challenger