Sen. Mike Regan produced a video to explain he has come to support adult-use marijuana legalization from a law enforcement perspective but sees many other benefits.
Sen. Mike Regan, R-Cumberland/York counties, has produced a campaign-style video to explain why he supports adult-use marijuana legalization. Screenshot from Sen. Mike Regan's videoAs a former law enforcement officer, Sen. Mike Regan wants people to know why he has come around to thinking legalizing adult-use cannabis in Pennsylvania is the way to go.
Being a Republican advocating for this issue puts Regan among a minority of GOP state lawmakers but he is hoping that his novel way of explaining his rationale for supporting legalizing pot will provide more of them with food for thought. His video was produced using money from his senatorial campaign fund, he said. No taxpayer dollars were used in its production.
Former Superior Court Judge Cheryl Allen, who serves as an attorney for the conservative Pennsylvania Family Institute in Harrisburg, derides the video as not showing a complete or accurate of the negative effects of marijuana. “And now, a one-sided video. This wouldn’t be a surprise if it came from a lobbyist but we shouldn’t see it from our public servants,” Bartkowiak said.
“Cartels are either directly or indirectly responsible for the deaths of police officers every year,” Regan said. “It’s almost like I’m not explaining it right. How do you not get this? How are you not understanding the fact that we can’t subsidize domestic terror. So many crimes, so many issues come right back to the drug trade.”More than 600,000 Pennsylvanians hold medical marijuana cards. An October 2021 survey from Franklin & Marshall College found 60% of.
Further, decriminalizing marijuana as legislators have proposed alone isn’t the answer, Regan said. He added that “only further empowers the gangs, organized crime and drug cartels.”
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