Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Says She Would Support State and Local Cannabis Laws
Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton, who’s leading in national Democratic polls, says she would support states and localities that legalize medical and recreational cannabis.
When asked by CNN’s Dan Merica if she would legalize cannabis as president, Clinton said she supports “states and localities that are experimenting with this.”
This comment is the most prominent comment Clinton has made on cannabis law reform since a 2014 interview, also by CNN, when she said; “I think we need to be very clear about the benefits of marijuana use for medicinal purposes”, saying there “should be availability under appropriate circumstances.”
When it comes to recreational cannabis, Clinton says that “states are the laboratories of democracy. We have at least two states that are experimenting with that right now… I want to wait and see what the evidence is.”
Although Clinton is leading in national polls, recent polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two primary states, have her trailing to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
– TheJointBlog