Former President Donald Trump says that marijuana use does “significant damage,” although he acknowledges that legalizing cannabis is a “pretty popular thing” among voters.
Trump, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was asked about marijuana policy during an interview on Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports” last week. Specifically, he was pressed on what he thinks the legalization movement is doing to the country’s “competitiveness” and “psyche.”
“I mean, you see the same studies. It’s not helping people,” Trump said. “I mean, studies are saying that it does damage. It does significant damage—and yet, from a voting standpoint, it’s a pretty popular thing.”
“Canada has gone all that way [with legalization], and other countries have gone all that way. Some countries won’t do it,” he said. “But I am going to take a look at some final results. But indications are that is not exactly helpful.”
Trump also recently angered advocates by suggesting that there may be a link between the use of “genetically engineered” marijuana and mass shootings during a speech at a National Rifle Association (NRA) leadership forum last month.
The former president, who was recently indicted by a grand jury and arrested in
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