2016 WILL BE THE MARIJUANA ELECTION

Late last month, Republicans converged on D.C. to meet for CPAC—the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Decades old and sponsored by the American Conservative Union, this event is a requirement for top Republican politicians. It is no surprise that the leading Republican presidential contenders made their way to the big stage.

This year, something odd happened on the way to the podium. Speakers were sprayed with an array of questions on a topic that was somewhat new to the conservative agenda: marijuana policy.

The goal wasn’t to catch candidates in a “gotcha” moment, nor was it pushed by a snarky questioner or audience heckler. Instead, moderators brought up marijuana because candidates wanted to discuss it. In the lead up to and during CPAC, nearly every top tier presidential candidate was pushed on this issue in unprecedented ways. It made its way...

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