Candidates for Virginia governor clashed on marijuana policy at a debate on Thursday—with the Republican nominee saying that while she supports medical cannabis, she had a zero-tolerance policy for employee consumption as the owner of a utility repair business.
She feared that workers who tested positive for THC while working with gas and electricity would “blow everything up,” the GOP contender said.
During a gubernatorial debate, both gubernatorial candidates—former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and current Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R)—were pressed on marijuana policy issues.
Spanberger, who supports legalization, was asked about public safety considerations for the establishment of a potential cannabis market that she’s pledged to support if elected. The candidate said simply that “it’s important that there be transparency in what is available on the market.”
“As a former federal agent who worked narcotics cases, as a CIA officer who tracked transnational criminal organizations, as the only person on stage who’s had a bill signed into law by President Trump restricting fentanyl flowing into our country and tightening our border security, and as the only person on stage with the endorsement of the Police Benevolent Association, it is extraordinarily important that we have transparency and that there
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