From the HUFF POST:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) spoke out against the war on drugs on Monday, saying that “we need to do much different and much better than what we’ve done.” …
“I don’t believe the only weapon we use against the drug problem is incarceration,” he said in a short video released by his office. “I just don’t think it’s worked. And I think we see it over and over again that there’s evidence that it hasn’t.” …
Christie is not the only governor to call for drug policy changes this week. Govs. Lincoln Chafee (I-R.I.) and Chris Gregoire (D-Wash.) issued a call on Wednesday for the federal government to make marijuana a Schedule II drug so that it can be used for medicinal purposes…
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