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Cannarex Marijuana
  • 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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