Sen. Hawley said he doesn’t support making marijuana legal federally or removing hurdles for businesses to gain access to banks, and that he opposed the 2022 Missouri adult-use ballot initiative:
"I just think that marijuana is still a gateway drug. We have medicinal marijuana, which I did support in Missouri. So if you want to get the medicinal benefits, there's a way to capture that." (8/19/24)
"I know we voted for (legalization), Missouri. That's the law of the land. I did not vote for it. I certainly abide by it, but I wouldn't support extending it.” (8/19/24)
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"I know we voted for (legalization), Missouri. That's the law of the land. I did not vote for it. I certainly abide by it, but I wouldn't support extending it." (8/19/24)
Hawley said he's against legalizing adult-use marijuana, calling it "terrible policy." (9/8/22)
"I just think that marijuana is still a gateway drug. We have medicinal marijuana, which I did support in Missouri. So if you want to get the medicinal benefits, there's a way to capture that." (8/19/24)
Hawley said he supported medical marijuana, but said he's against legalizing adult-use marijuana, calling it "terrible policy." (9/8/22)
"I know we voted for (legalization), Missouri. That's the law of the land. I did not vote for it. I certainly abide by it, but I wouldn't support extending it." (8/19/24)
"I just think that marijuana is still a gateway drug. We have medicinal marijuana, which I did support in Missouri. So if you want to get the medicinal benefits, there's a way to capture that." (8/19/24)
Hawley said he supported medical marijuana, but said he's against legalizing adult-use marijuana, calling it "terrible policy." (9/8/22)
"We now have a lot of data on marijuana use because we’ve got years of it being studied. We’ve seen study after study show that as it builds up in the body, and it does tend to linger it appears over time that it has detrimental long term health effects. It is a gateway drug. That is true." (9/8/22)
As attorney general, Hawley said he was "inclined" to support one of the three medical cannabis legalization initiatives on the ballot, but he wanted to ensure that certain "guardrails" were in place to ensure that the program exclusively serves patients. "I want to look closely at how the ballot language is structured." (10/1/18)
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