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Bernie Sanders Talks Marijuana On Reddit, Hints At Legalization Support

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 05/21/2015 - 08:00

Bernie Sanders has not thrown his support in favor of fully legalized marijuana just yet, but dropped a lot of hints during a question and answer session on Reddit.

Sanders did say that he supports the decriminalization of recreational marijuana in his home state of Vermont. He also gave insight into the priority of arresting people for use of the drug while he was mayor of Burlington, VA.

“When I was mayor of Burlington, in a city with a large population, I can tell you very few people were arrested for smoking marijuana. Our police had more important things to do.”

The decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of marijuana has Bernie Sanders’ stamp of approval. Sanders also said that he has supported the use of medical marijuana.

In an interview with TIME in March 2014, Bernie Sanders said that he did not see the legalization of...

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