Senator Jagler (R) opposes legalization
The April 2023 Edition of the Watertown Daily Times:
When asked if he supports medical marijuana, Jagler said he has for many years. “However, I’m against recreational marijuana because we do not need any more impaired drivers on the road,” he said. “We are on an island. While we are on that island, we are seeing the ramifications of full legalization in other states such as the growth of black market marijuana because states are putting so many regulations on who can grow it and how many plants they can grow.
It gives us a chance to see how full legalization works out.”
Jagler did sit on the committee for the 2019-20 medical marijuana bills. As a Republican he did not officially co-sponsor any medical marijuana legislation, but he did express the need for a public hearing on adult use / recreational marijuana and with a little work he could easily be a medical marijuana leader and lead the conversation on cannabis reform within the Republican Party.
But when Senator Mary Felzkowski (R) held a public hearing on 4/20/2022 regarding her medical marijuana bill, Senator Jagler was right there to make sure the testimony from the Wisconsin Medical Society against it was heard loud and clear.
His support of medical marijuana seems to be in lip service only and Jagler is not labeled by friendly Republicans as someone on their side.
