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Bernie Sanders Celebrates His Home State’s Marijuana Reform Milestone

October 13, 2020
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Vermont
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Vermont made history in 2018 by becoming the first state to legalize recreational cannabis through the Legislature. Lawmakers forgot one thing, though — to create a regulated and legal marijuana market in the process. The state prohibited cannabis sales for…

Bernie Sanders says he would legalize marijuana on his first day as president

In case you were wondering how big a role marijuana will play in the upcoming political season, take a look at Democratic 2020 candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. Two days before the Iowa caucus, Sanders pledged to legalize marijuana by executive order on…

Bernie Sanders offers marijuana legalization plan

Sen. Bernie Sanders released a proposal Thursday to legalize marijuana across the country and expunge criminal convictions related to the drug, embracing an overhaul of federal laws on the eve of a presidential forum expected to renew the debate on…

Legalizing Marijuana, With a Focus on Social Justice, Unites 2020 Democrats

People in Colorado still remember John Hickenlooper’s crack after the state legalized marijuana, a move he opposed: “Don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly.” But Mr. Hickenlooper, the governor at the time of the 2012 initiative allowing recreational…

2020 Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Support Marijuana Legalization Bill

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, one of half a dozen Democratic senators running for the White House, is reintroducing a bill on Thursday that would fundamentally end the federal government's prohibition on marijuana. The Marijuana Justice Act, which was first introduced…

Where the 2020 presidential candidates stand on marijuana legalization

If there's one thing that united Democrats and Republicans in the Reagan era (besides their unfortunate fixation with perms), it was their near universal hatred of weed. Everybody was a cop back then. Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate for president in 1984, called…

Pot for All: How Congress Is Trying to Make Weed Legal

From decriminalization to opening up the banking industry, both sides of Congress are preparing cannabis bills – but with much different approaches Over the past decade, marijuana legalization has happened at break-neck speed at the state and local level. And yet,…

Cannabis Emerges as Highlight in 2020 Presidential Campaign

SAN FRANCISCO — Marijuana legalization just moved from the fringes of the last presidential campaign to center stage in 2020. Between a sweeping new package of legislation introduced last week by one of the top Democratic presidential prospects and, on…

CBE PRESS LLC Endorses Gary Johnson for President

October 3, 2016
Rob Meagher
Op-Ed, Opinions
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Aleppo schleppo! So what if Gary Johnson had a mental block when asked on MSNBC how he would address the refugee crisis in the war-torn Syrian city as president?! Remember, President Obama promised to intervene in Syria if President, Bashar Hafez…

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Bernie Sanders Proposes Removing Marijuana From Federal Schedule 1 List

Bernie Sanders announced Wednesday he supports removing marijuana from the federal government's list of outlawed drugs. Too many Americans have seen their lives destroyed because they have criminal records as a result of marijuana use. That's wrong. That has got…

Bernie Sanders Says That as President, He’d Support Legalizing Marijuana

Asked by CNN's Juan Carlos Lopez whether he'd support Nevada's 2016 ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in that state, Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders answered "I suspect I would vote yes" to applause from the crowd. Sanders'…