RE:RE:July 22Vance doesn't appear too weed friendly at all. Using one off situations like beating an elderly lady, and mj causing additction just sound like typical GOP comments out of the stone age.
I've seen alcohol and cigarettes fittingly cause more incidents of these, and much more than mj.
Vance:
A lot of times, look at the underlying charge—it wasn’t just that they smoked a joint, it’s that they smoked a joint and then beat an elderly woman over the head with a pistol,” he said, playing into prohibitionist talking points.
In July 2023, he broadly claimed that drug decriminalization increases drug overdose and addiction rates in response to a question about the reform enacted in Portugal and in some parts of the U.S..