In a Chris Christie administration, there would be no such thing as legal marijuana use.
“Marijuana is against the law in the states and it should be enforced in all 50 states,” the New Jersey governor said on “Fox and Friends” Wednesday morning. “That’s the law and the Christie administration will support it.”
Christie’s comments came a day after he discussed marijuana enforcement at a town hall in Newport, New Hampshire.
“If you’re getting high in Colorado today, enjoy it,” Christie warned. “As of January 2017, I will enforce the federal laws.”
When you take an oath of office, Christie said, you’re agreeing to enforce the laws. President Barack Obama has ignored the law and looked the other way as states like Colorado and Washington have moved toward legalization, he said.
Asked if he worried about losing voters because the majority of young Republicans believe recreational marijuana should be legal, Christie waved away the question.
If the majority really does want to legalize it, then Congress will, he said.
“We can’t focus on what every poll says, everybody,” Christie said.
This isn’t the first time Christie has vowed to crack down on marijuana; in April, he told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt it was a “gateway drug.”
“We have an enormous addiction problem in this country,” Christie told Hewitt. “And we need to send very clear leadership from the White House on down through federal law enforcement,” he said.
Medical marijuana is legal in New Jersey, but it is tightly restricted.