If you have had the chance to look at any media coverage, whether it be TV, newspaper, or magazine, you know that Donald Trump has been the star of the 2016 election at the moment. You may have heard his radical stances against immigration, or politically incorrect comments, but there is one thing that has not been commentated on very much: how does Donald Trump feel about marijuana?
Unfortunately, just like many other issues that Donald Trump has commented on, there is no definite answer. Donald Trump has changed his mind over many years when speaking on marijuana. Tom Angell noted those statements in an article written on Marijuana.com:
In 1990, Trump called for legalizing all drugs. ”We’re losing badly the war on drugs. You have to legalize drugs to win that war,” he said. “You have to take the profit away from these drug czars… What I’d like to do maybe by bringing it up is cause enough controversy that you get into a dialogue on the issue of drugs so people will start to realize that this is the only answer; there is no other answer.”
But at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump stated that he’s against the legalization of marijuana. ”I think it’s bad, and I feel strongly about that,” he said. “They’ve got a lot of problems going on right now in Colorado, some big problems.” However, when asked about the states’ rights aspect to marijuana laws, Trump said, “If they vote for it, they vote for it.
“Medical marijuana is another thing,” he added. “I think medical marijuana, 100 percent.”
Based off of this conversation, Trump seems to be extremely against marijuana for recreational purposes, but supports it for medicinal purposes. In addition, he also respects the rights of states to vote for marijuana policies. To get insight on marijuana legalization, here is an interview by Trump on the Morning Joe show, and cited on The Daily Caller:
Joe Scarborough: What about like marijuana? Should a kid be thrown in jail because he gets busted for marijuana?
Donald Trump: I don’t really think so. And I think that maybe the dealers have to be looked at very strongly. But then you have states all of a sudden legalizing it. So it’s sort of hard to say that you’re in one side of the border and you go to jail and you’re on the other side and can you go into a store and buy it. So there is going to be changes made there, Joe, and there has to be. But you just can’t. So when you mention the marijuana, that is a very tough subject nowadays, especially since it’s been legalized.
Basically, Trump is not for the legalization of marijuana. At the same time, he does not think that anyone should be jailed for it. Furthermore, Trump says that states have to have the same policies and that he is going to make a change to the states that legalized marijuana. Donald Trump is better than other GOP candidates on marijuana policy, especially radicals who have no rationale when it comes to pot reform.
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