article_snippet.sent: Cruz is personally against the legalization of marijuana but the Republican presidential candidate said this weekend that Cruz believes states have the right to put decriminalization laws on the books if states want - even though states directly conflict with federal law.
article_snippet.sent: Cruz implied during a conversation with Daily Mail Online on Saturday that if Cruz ascended to the highest elected office Cruz wouldn't make Cruz attorney general enforce federal laws pertaining to marijuana in states that have approved sales and consumption of the drug.
article_snippet.sent: Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted CruzCruz implied during a conversation with Daily Mail Online on Saturday that if Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted CruzCruz ascended to the highest elected office Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted CruzCruz wouldn't make Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted CruzCruz enforce federal laws pertaining to marijuana in states that have approved sales and consumption of the sticky icky .
article_snippet.sent: Cruz, pictured here on Sunday in Litchfiled, New Hampshire, at the Londonderry Fish and Game Club, is personally against the legalization of marijuana but said this weekend Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted CruzCruz believes states have the right to put decriminalization laws on the books if states want - even though states directly conflict with federal law .
article_snippet.sent: Asked Saturday during a New Hampshire campaign stop if Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted CruzCruz would direct Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted CruzCruz to enforce federal pot laws, Cruz said ‘yes’ before providing a lengthy answer that indicated Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted CruzCruz would not.
article_snippet.sent: Cruz was then asked if Cruz’d make Cruz own attorney general follow the rule of law when it comes to federal marijuana policy.
article_snippet.sent: Stating for the record Rubio own sentiments on weed, Rubio then said, '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.'
article_snippet.sent: In a separate interview with Daily Mail Online, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who is expected to join the race at the end of May, said he 'would not embrace legalizing marijuana.'
article_snippet.sent: The response indicated that Cruz, if president, would not force president attorney general's office to go after states that legalize pot because president doesn't think the Supremacy Clause should be applied in areas where voters have said voters want to get high without repercussions. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Cruz is personally against the legalization of marijuana but believes states have the right to put decriminalization laws on the books if states want .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Implied Cruz wouldn't make Cruz AG enforce federal pot laws in states that have approved sales - even though directly conflict with federal law .
  