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Bernie Sanders Wants To Legalize Marijuana Nationally
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October 31, 2015
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4:09Now PlayingBernie Sanders recently announced a change to his marijuana policy, and it seemed to catch some in the crowd by surprise. Sanders wants to legalize weed across the entire country, stop locking people up and ruining lives over a plant that has killed zero people ever. John Iadarola (Think Tank), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), Cara Santa Maria (Talk Nerdy), and Elliot Hill (The Lip TV), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"On Wednesday, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders declared his support for lifting federal constraints on pot. “In my view, the time is long overdue for us to remove the federal prohibition on marijuana,” Sanders said.
"In the year 2015, it is time for the federal government to allow states to go forward as they best choose," Sanders said at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, CNN reported. Sanders said pot businesses in states where the drug is legal should be allowed to operate without fear of a federal crackdown and that the monumental number of drug arrests is a sign of a broken criminal justice system…
Unsurprisingly, progressive pot policy plays well with the college crowd. A YouTube user captured the moment a college student perked up at mention of weed.”*
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