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Jason Rojas: “We don't want people smoking cannabis [while driving].”

Featuring: Jason Rojas, Democratic | Connecticut House of Representatives, 9th Assembly District

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Rep. Jason Rojas talks housing and cannabis | Face More Facts with Mike & Mike

Published | Video Starts at 23:13

Were we giving another tool to law enforcement that just simply pull people over and harass them for something that they otherwise weren't doing? And that was part of the difficult balance because We don't want people smoking cannabis [while driving]. But you can see somebody smoking something, how do you know it's in fact that and that you're not pulling them over for some other reason? Right. (23:13–23:18)

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Asserts opposition to cannabis consumption while driving.

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