State of North Carolina secondary Archives: on Drugs
Al Pisano:
Marijuana is a gateway drug
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Marijuana is a gateway drug"?
A: Support
Source: OnTheIssues 2020 interview on North Carolina Governor race
Apr 30, 2020
Cal Cunningham:
Let states regulate and tax cannabis
Q: Decriminalize or legalize marijuana?Cal Cunningham: Yes. Supports "allowing states to develop own regulation and taxation of cannabis."
Thom Tillis: No. Opposes marijuana legalization but backs study of effectiveness for medical use.
Source: CampusElect survey of 2020 North Carolina Senate race
Sep 30, 2020
Cheri Beasley:
Drug treatment courts part of solution to substance abuse
Beasley said she also wants to increase the number of drug treatment courts. Currently, there are 23 courts in the state, but she would like to see one in every county. "The reality is we have been in crisis for some time,"
Beasley said. "There are folks that are around us in our families and communities that do have substance abuse issues. We believe the court system ought to be a part of solution making for those families."
Source: Salisbury Post on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Jan 12, 2020
Deborah Ross:
Supports medical marijuana
Q: On Marijuana: Decriminalize and/or legalize marijuana? Ross: Supports medical marijuana
Burr: No. Opposes medical and recreational. Recent public statements focus on enforcing federal law regarding marijuana. Opposes medical as well as
recreational use, stating in 2010 that "I'm on the record for believing that medical marijuana has no real intrinsic values that you can't get through other things."
Source: CampusElect Voter Guide to 2016 North Carolina Senate race
Oct 9, 2016
Erica Smith:
Legalize marijuana; reduce or commute prison sentences
I support Senator Corey Booker's Marijuana Justice Act. Marijuana should be legalized and
the prison sentences for same should be reduced or commuted commensurate with decriminalization of opioids and more compassionate approaches to victims of the opioid epidemic.
Source: 2020 North Carolina Senate website EricaForUS.org
Feb 7, 2020
Jeff Jackson:
Drug courts give leverage to helping addicts get clean
Another community member also asked how Jackson planned to address drug addiction. Jackson said one of the ways he has seen help with that is offering more drug courts. "It helps people every single day.
You have real leverage to help people get clean when the leverage is if you don't, you get convicted of this crime. That is a great intervention point. And it really works. Not every time, but it has a good success ratio."
Source: The Wautauga Democrat on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Jul 1, 2021
Jeff Jackson:
Sky doesn't fall when taking regulatory approach on cannabis
[On marijuana]: "We have roughly 30,000 criminal charges every year for people who have less than six pennies worth of cannabis," Jackson said. "There's no good reason for that. Seventeen states have proven to us the sky doesn't fall when you
take a regulatory approach. Crime doesn't go up, the use of harder drugs doesn't go up, tax revenue goes up and the arrests for misdemeanors that follow people for the rest of their lives go down."
Source: Richmond Daily Journal on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Jun 4, 2021
Pat McCrory:
Coordinated effort against cartel drug rings
Because this issue of drugs and alcohol are penetrating our families and our communities, I have instructed my Head of Public Safety to ensure that all state law enforcement officials will fight a coordinated effort against the cartel drug rings that
are currently in North Carolina as we speak. We cannot ignore them, we must identify them, and we must get them out of this state now. The sheriffs will tell you this. We need to let people know about this issue.
I also want to collaborate with our educational leaders to ensure that our schools and universities have a strategy to change the culture--to change the culture that I've seen first-hand--of binge drinking and so called recreational drug use.
There must be enforcement in our schools and universities of their own policies and enforcement of our laws. And in addition, we must offer help to these students who are doing harm to themselves and to their families.
Source: 2013 North Carolina State of the State Address
Feb 18, 2013
Rett Newton:
For medical marijuana, addiction an issue for legalization
Beaufort Mayor Rett Newton is also running in the Democratic primary. He said legalizing medical marijuana is a "no-brainer." As for full legalization, he said his "only reservation ... is ...
we need to fully understand the potential for addiction...and ensure we have the regulatory framework in place to minimize addiction."
Source: WFAE on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Richard Burr:
Marijuana has no value that you can't get thru other things
Q: On Marijuana: Decriminalize and/or legalize marijuana? Ross: Supports medical marijuana
Burr: No. Opposes medical and recreational. Recent public statements focus on enforcing federal law regarding marijuana. Opposes medical as well as
recreational use, stating in 2010 that "I'm on the record for believing that medical marijuana has no real intrinsic values that you can't get through other things."
Source: CampusElect Voter Guide to 2016 North Carolina Senate race
Oct 9, 2016
Roy Cooper:
Eliminate stigma & encourage opioid addicts to get treatment
One of the most frightening developments in our country and state is the opioid and substance abuse crisis. It threatens lives, rips apart families and can create a shortage of qualified workers.In my hometown of Nashville, North Carolina, Police
Chief Tom Bashore is working to combat this addiction crisis. Last February, Chief Bashore and the Nashville Police Department launched the "Hope Initiative," the first program in North Carolina encouraging opioid addicts to walk into a police station
seeking treatment without fear of arrest.
Recognizing that addiction is a disease, Chief Bashore has engaged with the community to eliminate the stigma surrounding opioid addiction and encourage addicts to seek treatment.
My budget directs
mental health and law enforcement funding in a multi-pronged approach to combat the substance abuse crisis. This is an area where we must find common ground to help our friends and neighbors gripped by addiction.
Source: 2017 North Carolina State of the State address
Mar 13, 2017
Roy Cooper:
Launched state's first Opioid Action Plan in 2017
In addition to being appointed by the President to serve on his Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, I've worked with the legislature across party lines. We launched the state's first Opioid Action Plan in 2017 and
opioid prescriptions have dropped by 24%, emergency room visits for opioid misuse have declined by 10% and opioid related deaths have decreased by 5%.
Source: Raleigh News-Observer on 2020 North Carolina Governor race
Mar 2, 2020
Sean Haugh:
End the Drug War
In the first ever US Senate Libertarian candidates forum, Sean Haugh outlined several areas where his views contrasted with those of his opponent, Tim D'Annunzio, including:- The Drug War (Haugh would end it; D'Annunzio is ambivalent)
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Immigration (Haugh favors free movement across borders; D'Annunzio advocates curbs on immigration)
- US military intervention abroad (Haugh opposes it; D'Annunzio believes there are circumstances where it is justified)
Source: 2014 North Carolina Senate campaign website, SeanHaugh.com
Jul 2, 2014
Sean Haugh:
War on drugs is a war on our own people
Both candidates agree the federal government should not be involved in enacting and enforcing drug laws, though D'Annunzio said an argument might be made that drugs could be regulated as interstate commerce.
He said he is "on the fence" with drug legalization, especially illegal drugs that are more powerful than marijuana, but that decision should rest with the states.
"The war on drugs is a war, not only on our own people now, but a war between the state and federal governments," said Haugh, who favors releasing all nonviolent prisoners jailed on drug charges.
The country has shifted too far when militarized police SWAT teams raid homes because someone is smoking a plant, he said.
Source: Carolina Journal on 2014 North Carolina Senate debate
Apr 8, 2014
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