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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernie Sanders hints at support for legalized pot
http://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/242569-bernie-sanders-talks-potBernie Sanders hints at support for legalized pot
By Tim Devaney - 05/19/15 05:21 PM EDT
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Tuesday hinted at support for legalized marijuana, saying police did not focus on arresting people for the drug when he was mayor of Burlington, Vt.
The Vermont senator indicated an openness to legalizing recreational marijuana afternoon during an online question and answer session on Reddit, though he did not explicitly endorse doing so nationwide.
I can tell you very few people were arrested for smoking marijuana (when I was mayor), Sanders said. Our police had more important things to do.
Sanders, a self-described Socialist who is running for the Democratic nomination, said he supports decriminalizing recreational marijuana in Vermont, and is watching the situation in Colorado very closely.
Colorado was one of the first states to legalize both recreational and medical marijuana.
Colorado has led the effort toward legalizing marijuana and Im going to watch very closely to see the pluses and minuses of what they have done, Sanders said. I will have more to say about this issue within the coming months.
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Bernie Sanders hints at support for legalized pot (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2015
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A kick for the HuffPo ... not so much the information, as the process of getting into the MSM.
libdem4life
May 2015
#7
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)1. Grow it, smoke it, let the government tax it.
Regulate like you do cigs and alcohol.
msongs
(67,361 posts)2. if u grow your own the govt has no business taxing it nt
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)6. Of course, but I meant pot farms/cash crops.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)3. Cool.
K and R
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)4. I'm surprised that he doesn't already support it.
The war on drugs is a huge problem needing fixing. Any info as to his other drug policy positions?
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)5. Now that is a bipartisan vote winner.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)7. A kick for the HuffPo ... not so much the information, as the process of getting into the MSM.
And Adriana is certainly in that category.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/19/bernie-sanders-marijuana_n_7337454.html