Marco Rubio Marijuana News and Politics

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Marijuana Policy Project Grade - D

National Cannabis Industry Association Rating: Red Light

Sen. Marco Rubio does not support cannabis legalization. He has said that he believes in states’ rights to set their own policies, but has also said that he believes that the federal government should interfere in states that have passed their own marijuana laws, due to its status as being federally illegal. In April 2015, he said, “Yes, I think, well, I think we need to enforce our federal laws. Now do states have a right to do what they want? They don’t agree with it, but they have their rights. But they don’t have a right to write federal policy as well. It is, I don’t believe we should be in the business of legalizing additional intoxicants in this country for the primary reason that when you legalize something, what you’re sending a message to young people is it can’t be that bad, because if it was that bad, it wouldn’t be legal.”

Position: Against