Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) voiced support for the right of states to pursue their own marijuana policies on Thursday, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
At the annual gathering of conservative activists and Republican Party leaders, Fox News’ Sean Hannity asked Cruz if he thought Colorado’s legalization of marijuana was a good idea.
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Responding to Cruz’s remarks, Don Murphy, federal policy analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project, said that marijuana prohibition is a failed federal policy and that rolling it back should be on the agenda of “every Republican lawmaker.”
“Marijuana policy reform is, at its heart, a conservative issue,” said Murphy, who formerly served as a Republican state lawmaker in Maryland. “This is a matter of federalism, the 10th Amendment and state autonomy, which are core conservative priorities.”
