Presidential candidate Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, is calling for the legalization of marijuana in the U.S.
The Democrat candidate, who is also a Navy combat veteran, has said that he has used the drug “a handful of times a long time ago.”
Buttigieg was in Nevada touring a marijuana dispensary recently and said that he knows people who have “shaken” by its illegality, according to the Associated Press.
“When you go into a place like this, it almost reminds you of an Apple store how tidy and carefully it’s laid out, knowledgeable employees and a legitimate business that still struggles because federal policy hasn’t caught up,” Buttigieg said.
Buttigieg also recognizes the banking challenges in the industry, as the drug is still illegal on a federal level and many banks refuse to work with dispensaries.
“They have to do so much with cash that doesn’t really make sense,” he said.
Buttigieg did not buy any products from the dispensary as he joked he was “on the clock, and it’s going to be a long work day.”
