Everybody’s favorite libertarian-leaning senator
told BuzzFeed News that he is perfectly okay with D.C. voters
opting to legalize marijuana on their ballots today.
“I think there should be a certain amount of discretions for
both states and territories and the District,” Rand Paul said when
asked about the legalization measure on D.C.’s ballot by BuzzFeed
News after he voted in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on
Tuesday.“I think really when we set up our country, we intended that
most crime or not crime, things we determine to be crime or not
crimes is really to be determined by localities,” Paul
said.
Paul would not say whether he supported the actual measure,
however. That’s fairly typical of Paul, and while it might not be
as strong a statement as libertarians would want, it’s certainly
preferable to the anti-drug moralizing and grandstanding that
prominent Republicans have resorted to in years past.
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