Chris Christie promises to 'crack down' on legal marijuana as president

If Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) makes it to the White House, he plans to disallow states from selling and profiting from legal marijuana, as he made very clear on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" on Tuesday.

While the firm stance on cannabis is nothing new from Christie, recent polling suggests it might be an out-of-date one. According to data from Pew Research Center, 53 percent of all Americans support legalization, and 54 percent think that the government should not interfere with states that have already legalized marijuana sales. It may be an unpopular opinion within the governor's own party too, as 63 percent of millennial Republicans are cool with legal pot.

Between this announcement and a past remark that a hypothetical President Christie would "probably not" treat states with legal marijuana very well, maybe he's forgetting that Colorado tends to be a pretty important state.

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