Christie: Smoke Your Weed While It’s Still Legal

Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a town hall meeting Monday, July 27, 2015, in Keene, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) suggested in a town hall meeting Tuesday that residents of states where marijuana is legal roll their blunts and smoke up before the next presidential inauguration, according to Bloomberg News.

“If you’re getting high in Colorado today, enjoy it,” said Christie, a 2016 presidential candidate, during the town hall meeting in New Hampshire, according to Bloomberg. “As of January 2017, I will enforce the federal laws.”

The use of marijuana for recreational purposes is legal in Colorado, Washington D.C., Oregon, Alaska and Washington, according to CNN.

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  1. Ah, so it’s states rights as long as it suits you.

  2. Giuliani NY/NJ playbook. The degree to which he doesn’t get how that playbook crashes nationwide reveals just how stupid he really is.

  3. Angry about the lack of arrests and excessive incarcerations of minority youth for petty marijuana charges, Governor Soprano promises he’ll do what he can to get those voters off the rolls.

    FIFY

  4. Enforcement of the federal laws is the last thing you should be demanding, if you ask me, pal.

  5. Avatar for grawk grawk says:

    FYCC

    fin.

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