Click above to hear a minute of Frank Greenagel, a professor at the Rutgers School of social work and an addiction and recovery treatment counselor who was appointed to the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse by Christie in 2011.
He says Governor Christie has contradicting priorities when it comes to rethinking drug addiction treatment, given his rigid stance on criminalizing marijuana.
"While Christie had this law school friend who became addicted for prescription drugs and died and he can now have great empathy and talk about substantive policy changes, he doesn’t know anyone who was arrested for smoking marijuana at the age of 19 or 21 and had a hard time getting student loans or getting a job because of that and had an albatross around their neck."
→ Hear more: You can listen to the entire Brian Lehrer Show interview with Frank Greenagel, and watch a video of Christie's comments on prescription drug addiction, right here.
