Democrats, Debate and Marijuana Legalization: Sanders ‘Yes’; Clinton ‘No’, But

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From norml.org

Democrats, Debate and Marijuana Legalization: Sanders ‘Yes’; Clinton ‘No’, But…

by Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director

Teased out by CNN host Anderson Cooper’s comment about ‘everyone in the room having probably smoked pot before’, American voters were informed by a question from CNN el Espanol’s Juan Carlos Lopez to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders about the state’s pending cannabis legalization initiative that will be on the 2016 ballot in Nevada (the state where the debate was being held), and whether or not if he were a Nevadan that he’d vote to support legalization.

Senator Sanders indicated that he ‘suspected he would vote for the measure’ and went on to enumerate numerous problems with America’s so-called ‘war on drugs’ and the criminal justice system in general. Mr. Lopez did a follow up question with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, referencing an earlier CNN interview, where she indicated that she never tried marijuana and was not about to do so now. She further said in the previous CNN interview recorded one year earlier that she was still waiting to formulate a policy position based on the pro-reform actions of the four states and the District of Columbia in favor of legalization, Mr. Lopez pressed her if she was yet going to take a position ‘for’ or ‘against’ what she called ‘state experiments’. Mrs. Clinton’s reply, ‘No.’ However, Mrs. Clinton indicated that she supports states’ ability to create cannabis law reforms, that much can be learned from these states’ efforts; she supports medical access to cannabis; that she agreed with Senator Sanders that cannabis consumers should not be incarcerated in America’s over wrought criminal justice system.


http://blog.norml.org/2015/10/13/de...uana-legalization-sanders-yes-clinton-no-but/

 

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The hill will never make it to capitol hill. We goofed big time putting this fool we have there now. I pray that the rest of america is smart enough to see through the smoke screen.

Bama yea I'm for it. 2008 and on he sure didn't do jack about it.

This country needs a leader. Not a yes man. We are reaching the tip of a brand new revelution. These people need to think of all the american money that is leaving this country to buy seeds. Turn things around and we can buy ourselves back from China. Make the dollar worth more on a global view. The big picture is being ignored. So you smoke. Big deal. Sure would be nice to buy a pack of green with your winstons wouldn't it.