At a Town Hall meeting in New Hampshire last night, Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie had a message for recreational marijuana users: enjoy it while it lasts, kids.
"I believe it should still be illegal," he said. "If you're getting high in Colorado today, enjoy it until January 2017, because I will enforce the federal laws against marijuana as President of the United States."
For Christie, who described himself as "anti-marijuana," President Obama's lenient stance on states that have approved recreational marijuana laws amounts to "lawlessness."
"We have a federal law on the books that says marijuana is illegal in this country. Illegal. No ifs, ands, or buts about it," he said.
In New Hampshire, this stance was met with a round of applause. But fear not, tokers. Given the growing support of recreational and medical marijuana throughout the U.S., these threats aren't likely to give the New Jersey Governor's already weak polling numbers a boost.
Check out Christie's talk, below. The action starts around 1:34.
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