3. He will never legalize marijuana
The brutal War on Drugs would continue under a Christie Administration.
The New Jersey Governor stood firmly against legalizing marijuana in the state in the past, giving these harsh words in March towards the revenue raised by legalizing and taxing marijuana:
“I’ve had many taxpayers at town hall meetings who will ask me about, why not legalize marijuana to make the taxes go a little higher? To me, that’s blood money. I’m not going to put the lives of children and citizens at risk to put a little more money into the state coffers, at least not on my watch.”
Christie called legalization a “slippery slope” because “Every bit of objective data tells us that it’s a gateway drug to other drugs.”
As late as April, Christie showed no signs of backing down on the heels of a possible presidential run, saying on a Jersey radio station:
“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. 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.” He continued… “And if people want legalized marijuana in the state, elect a new governor.”
