The Democratic Party’s nominee for Iowa governor is heaping praise on the Republican president of the United States for taking steps to update federal marijuana policies.
Rob Sand, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Iowa, was asked at an event on Wednesday about areas of bipartisanship where he can work with President Donald Trump’s administration.
“I’m someone who has always been willing to call the good ‘good,’” he said. “I was really glad to see the Trump administration move towards making marijuana more accessible for medical purposes. I’m a believer that it should be treated the way we treat alcohol. And so when they did it, I said, ‘Good for them.’”
Under an order issued by Attorney General Todd Blanche in April, marijuana products regulated by a state medical cannabis license immediately moved from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to Schedule III, as did any marijuana products that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). An administrative hearing is considering broader marijuana rescheduling.
Sand, who has often discussed his support for broader cannabis legalization on the campaign trail, said on Wednesday that “nobody has a monopoly on good ideas.”
“Nobody has a monopoly on bad ideas either,” he
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