MARIJUANA POLITICS

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• Marijuana Politics

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• Legalization has suddenly become a sticky issue
  in the 2016 election.
• Marijuana legalization is a tricky subject
  Nearly half of Americans have tried marijuana,
  and a growing percentage supports legalization,
  according to the Pew Research Center. So where
  does the crop of 2016 presidential candidates
  stand on the marijuana issue?

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• Hilary ClintonClinton has kept questions about
  legalization at arms length and has so far
  refused to take a strong position. Her campaign
  has refused a donation from the National Cannabis
  Industry.
• She has expressed limited support for medical
  marijuana, telling a CNN town hall event I think
  for people who are in extreme medical conditions
  and have anecdotal evidence that it works, there
  should be availability under appropriate
  circumstances.

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• Bernie SandersSelf-declared socialist and
  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders supports marijuana
  decriminalization and the use of medical
  marijuana. Sanders believes that possession of
  small amounts of cannabis should become a civil,
  not a criminal offense, subject merely to a fine.

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• Donald TrumpThe GOP front-runners position has
  changed over the years. In 1990, he was quoted in
  the Sarasota Herald-Tribune as saying that US
  drug enforcement efforts were a joke and that
  drugs should be legalized to take the profit
  away from these drug czars. Fast-forward 25
  years and now Trump is opposed to legalization.
  I say its bad, he told the crowd at the
  Conservative Political Action Conference in June,
  in response to a question about Colorados legal
  weed. Medical marijuana is another thing, but I
  think recreational marijuana its bad. And I
  feel strongly about that. But what about states
  rights? If they vote for it, they vote for it.
  But theyve got a lot of problems going on right
  now, in Colorado. Some big problems. But I think
  medical marijuana, 100 percent.

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• Dr. Ben CarsonCarson has said hes a fan of the
  war on drugs, and he told the Blaze he would
  intensify it. He also supports medical
  marijuana in compassionate cases. At a June
  campaign event in Colorado, he noted that
  regular exposure to marijuana in the developing
  brain has been proven to result in a decreased
  IQ. The last thing we need is a bunch of people
  running around with decreased IQ. Therefore, he
  says, hed enforce federal drug laws in which the
  use of marijuana is considered a crime.

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