The governor opposes marijuana decriminalization. Christie rips Colorado 'head shops'

Chris Christie just isn’t really a Rocky Mountain kind of guy.

The New Jersey governor, asked about Colorado’s marijuana legalization, slammed the state, criticizing its “quality of life.”


“See if you want to live in a major city in Colorado where there’s head shops popping up on every corner and people flying into your airport just to come and get high,” Christie said on a local radio show in New Jersey on Monday, according to CNN. “To me, it’s just not the quality of life we want to have here in the state of New Jersey and there’s no tax revenue that’s worth that.”

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The governor opposes marijuana decriminalization, and told a caller that he won’t be signing any legislation to relax standards on pot.

“You say it’s going to come down the road,” Christie said. “You know it may come down the road when I’m gone. It’s not going to come while I’m here,” he said.

Later on Tuesday, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and a spokesman for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper responded to Christie, inviting him to experience the state’s quality of life for himself.