Senator Dahle voted badly on every key cannabis rights bill in 2022, including workers' rights and expanded access to medical cannabis. In 2023/24, his voting record improved (except on employment rights). When he was in the Assembly, he supported legislation to regulate medical marijuana but generally opposed penalty reduction bills.  His campaign advocates re-establishing the defunct Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement to crack down on drug traffickers.  He charges that the state has turned a blind eye to continued illegal growing of cannabis: "If growers want to join the legitimate system, they should," he says, "but we will not tolerate lawlessness."