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Eric Toney: “There was an article out earlier this year on the trucking…”

Featuring: Eric Toney, Republican | Candidate for Attorney General of Wisconsin

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Western Wisconsin Journal: Attorney General Candidate Eric Toney

Published | Video Starts at 18:17

And on top of that, if you're a business owner, if you have people that are driving cars, operating equipment, heavy machinery, have to pass a drug test, that makes it incredibly difficult. There was an article out earlier this year on the trucking industry and how marijuana has made it more difficult to find truck drivers across Wisconsin. And so the science doesn't support it. And we have to be serious. I don't think anybody thinks we should be making it easier for kids to get access to drugs. (18:17–18:25)

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Asserts that marijuana use has impacted the availability of truck drivers in Wisconsin.

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