article_snippet.sent: Dope smokers beware: If Rubio or Chris Christie manage to elbow out the competition and win the White House in 2016, Marco Rubio or Chris Christie'll crack down on pot in states that have legalized marijuana.
article_snippet.sent: The Republican presidential hopefuls told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in separate interviews on Tuesday that The Republican presidential hopefuls'd enforce federal drug laws and block the sale of marijuana in Colorado and Washington. '
article_snippet.sent: Marijuana is a gateway drug,' Chris Christie said, citing an 'enormous addiction problem in this country.' '
article_snippet.sent: Marijuana is an illegal drug under federal law.
article_snippet.sent: During a radio interview that day, Christie, a candidate-in-waiting, said, 'Marijuana is a gateway drug' and claimed America has an 'enormous addiction problem.'
article_snippet.sent: Questioned about cannabis last year by ABC News' Jon Karl, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio took a hard-line stance, saying, 'I think there’s no responsible way to recreationally use marijuana.' '
article_snippet.sent: want other people’s kids to smoke marijuana,' U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said at the time.
article_snippet.sent: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio refused to tell ABC News' Jon Karl if U.S. Senator Marco Rubio'd engaged in any marijuana-related youthful indiscretions, arguing that U.S. Senator Marco Rubio answer would either set a bad example for young people or make U.S. Senator Marco Rubio look like a liar.
article_snippet.sent: Christie has also forcefully denounced marijuana legalization, saying last March, 'I don't favor legalization.
article_snippet.sent: he's also said he's willing to have an 'intelligent conversation' about drug policy, however.