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Welcome to part three in our series on cannabis and those who wish to lead us. In the first two posts, we covered Joe Biden (we gave him a “C”) and Ron DeSantis (R.I.P.; we gave him a “C+”). Today’s subject is Republican candidate Nikki Haley. She’s still around as of this writing and I’m giving her a B-.
Overall Grade: B-
Haley’s position on cannabis is that she would “let the states decide.” At the federal level, she agrees with the recent Health and Human Services (HHS) re-scheduling recommendation, observing that she’d “go with the scientists” and that cannabis “obviously” doesn’t belong in the same category as heroin. Haley said these anodyne things recently at town hall events; Marijuana Moment has a good write-up here.
That story also mentions that Haley didn’t act or opine on cannabis while serving as a United Nations ambassador under Donald Trump (makes sense), and that she “doesn’t have an especially extensive cannabis background.” Haley did, however, sign a 2014 bill as South Carolina Governor to legalize hemp. I tip my hat.
In my view, Haley is sitting in a pretty typical Republican spot for 2024, which
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