State of California secondary Archives: on Drugs
Carly Fiorina:
Provide Mexico support in war on drugs
Q: The fight against drugs in Mexico became increasingly bloody and could spill across the border into California, which you have mentioned. Do you think the United States should consider providing military assistance to the government of Mexico in its
war against the drug cartels?Fiorina: Well first, I think that we must do as the government of Mexico asks us to do in terms of supporting them, and in some cases, we have not provided to them all of the support that they have asked for.
But just to put this in context, I think what we're looking at here is the potential that Mexico is approaching a failed state. A "failed state" is when a government cannot control the security situation within its borders.
Q: So, what can we do about
it?
Fiorina: I think we must provide to the government of Mexico all the support that they are asking for, and frankly, we have not yet done that. We haven't provided all the support.
Source: 2010 CA Senate general election Debate on KPCC
Sep 29, 2010
David Hadley:
$85 million funding for drug and gang enforcement programs
David Hadley believes that front line police officers must always have the support of our South Bay communities--after all,
they literally put their lives on the line everyday protecting our neighborhoods. True to his word, he wrote legislation allocating an extra $85 million to plug a funding hole for drug and gang enforcement programs.
Source: 2018 CA gubernatorial campaign website DavidHadley.com
May 2, 2017
John Cox:
If we have to, we're gonna force people to get treatment
The candidates had a robust debate over how to handle the deepening crisis of homelessness in California. Cox lamented the number of tents along the streets in
San Diego and pledged to take a more forceful approach, which would likely require changes to the law: "If we have to, we're gonna force people to get into treatment."
Source: CNN Politics on 2021 CA recall race
Aug 5, 2021
Kevin Paffrath:
State bungled legalized cannabis; 80% of sales still illegal
Cannabis was legalized by voters five years ago. Here we are five years later and 80% of cannabis sales are still illegal and untaxed. Why?
Because you've got this patchwork of miscellaneous ideas with good intentions but no leadership to bring them together.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle on 2021 CA recall race
Aug 25, 2021
Ron Paul:
Our drug war is driving our immigration policy
We need to remove the incentive--easy road to citizenship. Nobody has mentioned the fact that they qualify for welfare benefits. The state of Texas shouldn't be forced to provide free health care and free education.But there is a mess down there,
and it's a big mess. And it's the drug war that's going on there. And our drug laws are driving this. So now we're killing thousands and thousands of people. That makes it much more complicated.
Source: 2011 GOP debate in Simi Valley CA at the Reagan Library
Sep 7, 2011
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