{"id":4872,"date":"2015-10-16T14:22:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T14:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/?p=44540"},"modified":"2015-10-16T14:22:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T14:22:15","slug":"clinton-its-important-for-feds-to-let-states-legalize-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/clinton-its-important-for-feds-to-let-states-legalize-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinton: It\u2019s \u201cImportant\u201d for Feds to Let States Legalize Marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/clinton-its-important-for-feds-to-let-states-legalize-marijuana\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>One day after she declined to endorse legalizing marijuana in the first Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton gave her strongest indication yet that, if elected to the White House, she would nonetheless allow states to move forward with implementing their own cannabis laws without federal harassment.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;I really believe it&#8217;s important that states like Colorado lead the way, so that we can learn what works and what doesn&#8217;t work,&#8221;\u00a0the former secretary of state said\u00a0in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSdc6Adw9JY\">interview<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday with KUSA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Denver. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;And I would certainly not want the federal government to interfere with the legal decision made by the people of Colorado, and enforced by your elected officials, as to how you should be conducting this business that you have approved. So, no, I want to give you the space and I want other states to learn from you, what works and what doesn&#8217;t work.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='702' height='425' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rSdc6Adw9JY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/10\/13\/politics\/pot-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders\/\">Tuesday&#8217;s debate<\/a>, Clinton said she wasn&#8217;t ready to take a position on whether legalization is a good policy, but made sure to note that &#8220;I do support the use of medical marijuana&#8221; and &#8220;I agree completely with the idea that we have got to stop imprisoning people who use marijuana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders, Clinton&#8217;s chief rival for the Democratic nomination, on the other hand, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/will-sanders-follow-debate-comments-with-legislative-action-on-marijuana\/\">made history<\/a>\u00a0at the debate by becoming the first major presidential candidate to indicate he&#8217;d personally vote for legalization if given the chance.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/09\/2016-candidates-clinton-omalley-and-sanders-talk-marijuana\/\">said during an appearance in Iowa<\/a> that she \u201cwould support states and localities that are experimenting with this,\u201d but the\u00a0new remarks are her\u00a0clearest yet\u00a0on the federal-state relationship on marijuana laws.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/04\/where-do-presidential-candidates-stand-on-marijuana\/\">Click here<\/a> to see what else Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and other presidential candidates have said about marijuana law reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day after she declined to endorse legalizing marijuana in the first Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton gave her strongest indication yet that, if elected to the White House, she would nonetheless allow states to move forward with implementing their own cannabis laws without federal harassment.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;I really believe it&#8217;s important that states like Colorado lead the way, so that we can learn what works and what doesn&#8217;t work,&#8221;\u00a0the former secretary of state said\u00a0in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSdc6Adw9JY\">interview<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday with KUSA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Denver. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;And I would certainly not want the federal government to interfere with the legal decision made by the people of Colorado, and enforced by your elected officials, as to how you should be conducting this business that you have approved. So, no, I want to give you the space and I want other states to learn from you, what works and what doesn&#8217;t work.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='702' height='425' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rSdc6Adw9JY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/10\/13\/politics\/pot-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders\/\">Tuesday&#8217;s debate<\/a>, Clinton said she wasn&#8217;t ready to take a position on whether legalization is a good policy, but made sure to note that &#8220;I do support the use of medical marijuana&#8221; and &#8220;I agree completely with the idea that we have got to stop imprisoning people who use marijuana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders, Clinton&#8217;s chief rival for the Democratic nomination, on the other hand, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/will-sanders-follow-debate-comments-with-legislative-action-on-marijuana\/\">made history<\/a>\u00a0at the debate by becoming the first major presidential candidate to indicate he&#8217;d personally vote for legalization if given the chance.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/09\/2016-candidates-clinton-omalley-and-sanders-talk-marijuana\/\">said during an appearance in Iowa<\/a> that she \u201cwould support states and localities that are experimenting with this,\u201d but the\u00a0new remarks are her\u00a0clearest yet\u00a0on the federal-state relationship on marijuana laws.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/04\/where-do-presidential-candidates-stand-on-marijuana\/\">Click here<\/a> to see what else Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and other presidential candidates have said about marijuana law reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2417,9,2418,1,3],"tags":[2419,2420],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}