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Marco Rubio: "Marijuana has as much negative impact on health as tobacco"
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Marco Rubio: "Marijuana has as much negative impact on health as tobacco"

Ep. 69 — Sen. Marco Rubio: Ask a Pol's 69th of 100 exclusive marijuana banking interviews with each US senator (5-1-2024)
Sen. Marco Rubio speaks with congressional press corps next to Senate tram. Photo: Matt Laslo

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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) — Nominee, Secretary of State

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Ask a Pol asks:

What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana?

Key Rubio: 

“We’re learning now that marijuana has as much negative impact on health as tobacco smoke does,” Sen. Marco Rubio exclusively told Ask a Pol.

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Caught our ear: 

“Oh wow, I’m glad to learn that from the media,” Rubio told the press on May 1st replying to false reports that he’d be willing to be Trump’s running mate.

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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), slightly edited for clarity.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Marco Rubio

SCENE: Rubio’s rushing through the basement of the US Capitol during a Senate vote this spring when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo hops an elevator with him, before HuffPost’s Igor Bobic grabs him before he hits the Senate floor.

Matt Laslo: “Any thoughts on the DEA announcing they’re gonna move to reschedule marijuana? I know you haven’t gotten a marijuana question from me in a while.”

Marco Rubio: “I know, I was waiting for you to drop it. I imagine it’s cause they wanna be able to conduct research on it and, I think we’re learning now that marijuana has as much negative impact on health as tobacco smoke does. There’s growing number — amount of evidence in regards to that, so hopefully they’ll take that into consideration as they decide how they’re gonna enforce scheduling it as a [Schedule] Three.”

ML: “Yeah.”

Reporter: “Senator, there's a report out there that says that you'd be willing to move, change residency to become Trump's vice president. I was wondering what you thought of that.”

MR: “Oh wow, I’m glad to learn that from the media. Well, I'll let you guys pick where I'm gonna move, how’s that?”

Reporter: “Would you be willing to do that if he offered the job?”

MR: “No one’s offered any job, so why would I answer a question I’ve never been — presented to me? Honestly, this is part of the parlor game. I never talked to him once about this so, I generally don't think about things that don't exist.”

Reporter: “Okay. That's not a no, though.”

MR: “It’s not anything.”

Laslo laughs.

ML: “’It’s not anything.’ Thank you, sir.”

Andrey Beregovskiy and Walken Whalen contributed to this report.

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