AUDIO: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Says He Will “Crack Down” On Marijuana If Elected President

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has once again come out agains marijuana and this time, he’s telling the country what he’ll do with cannabis if he’s elected president of the United States—and it wasn’t pretty.

Christie appeared on the “The Hugh Hewitt Show” Tuesday and proclaimed that he would “crack down” on states that have legalized marijuana. When Hewitt asked him if he would enforce federal drug laws in states that have legalized and regulated cannabis, Christie Christie responded harshly by saying, “Absolutely. I will crack down and not permit it. States should not be permitted to sell it and profit from legalizing marijuana.” He added that the country has an “addiction problem” and that a clear message needs to be sent “from the White House on down through federal law enforcement.”

Christie hasn’t announced whether he will run for president yet, but it is well-known that he recently launched a political action committee.

Tom Angell, chairman of the marijuana policy reform group Marijuana Majority, told The Huffington Post, “This is not only bad policy but is incredibly bad politics. If Christie wants to block sensible marijuana reforms in his own state of New Jersey, that’s one thing. But it’s especially unacceptable — and not very conservative, I’d add — for him to say he’d use federal resources to overturn the will of voters in a growing number of other states that are moving beyond prohibition. Maybe he forgot that Colorado is an important swing state in presidential elections.”

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