William F. Buckley Jr. Quotes

It is time to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol. It is time to end the arrests of so many people and the destruction of so many lives for possessing marijuana.

I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that marijuana is probably a dangerous drug, and I would not suggest that we do anything to encourage its use.

You allow me to license and regulate marijuana, and I'll fill every hotel and motel room in the state of Kentucky.

I don't have a problem with states experimenting with [legalizing marijuana]. I think that's the role of states

Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it... The arguments against marijuana today are the same as the arguments against liquor years ago.

I really believe that we should treat marijuana like we treat beverage alcohol…. The War on Drugs is not working.

Let's end the unworkable marijuana prohibition and put our money where our mouth is. Let's solve the problems like border crime. We can do it with pot legalization.

Stoners just got a powerful new ally in the fight to legalize marijuana - conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson. He said it's time to 'you know, legalize it, tax it, and keep it away from Mel Gibson.'

It's ridiculous that we continue to incarcerate anyone for using a substance that actually causes far less damage than alcohol. No one goes out looking for fights on marijuana. No one dies from marijuana intoxication. And no one should be jailed for possessing marijuana.

I don't think marijuana should be illegal.

You can at least let sick people have marijuana because it's helpful. But the compassionate conservatives say, well we can't do this, we're going to put people who are sick and dying with cancer and are being helped with marijuana if they have multiple sclerosis - the federal government is going in there and overriding state laws and putting people like that in prison.

President Obama answered questions on YouTube today. He was asked 7,500 times about legalizing marijuana. And that was just from Chad in Portland.

People don't realize that almost two-thirds of the population in the United States lives in a state where either medical or recreational marijuana are now legal. Two-thirds of the country. I am looking at it as kind of a 10th Amendment, states'-rights issue.

A bag of quality marijuana in Minnesota will cost you 400 bucks, in Colorado it'll cost you 100 and a quarter. Medical Marijuana, a pill that you've got to pay for - which, it's allowed in Minnesota, but it's so restricted - costs $600 a month. If you live in Colorado you can get the same medical marijuana for $30 a month. See why it needs to be legalized across the board?

Marijuana should be licensed and kept out of the hands of teenagers. It's too good for them.

I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals.

One might ask why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. A possible answer is suggested by the nature of the crop.

If the principle is, "Let's not get lethal substances out to the public", the first one you'd go after is tobacco. The next one you'd go after is alcohol. Way down the list you'd get to cocaine, and sort of invisibly low you'd get to marijuana.

I would absolutely never use the federal government to enforce the law of using marijuana

Governor Chris Christie says if he's president, he will crack down on the sale of marijuana. However, that was before he was told it also comes in a brownie.

90% of the problem with marijuana is prohibition related, not use related.

Actually, the University of California says they may start a marijuana research center. Really? I thought the University of California was a marijuana research center.

People say you can abuse marijuana. You can abuse cheeseburgers. Does that mean we should close Burger Kings.

If alcohol is legal, I don't see why people still have a ban on marijuana.

I don't believe that laws against things that people do regularly, like safe and responsible use of marijuana, make any sense.