Chris Christie has become the latest politician to rewrite the war on drugs. During a speech on Monday, the New Jersey Governor spoke out against the government’s policies cracking down on illegal drug usage.
“The war on drugs, while well-intentioned, has been a failure,” Christie told a crowd at The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. “We’re warehousing addicted people every day in state prisons in New Jersey, giving them no treatment.”
This isn’t a typical talking point from a typical Republican leader. The governor did, however, put a conservative spin on the issue. “If you’re pro-life, as I am, you can’t be pro-life just in the womb,” he said. “Every life is precious and every one of God’s creatures can be redeemed, but they won’t if we ignore them.”









