Sanders: First Major Party Candidate To Back Legal Weed

Posted by | October 27, 2015 08:30 | Filed under: Good News Politics


This article first appeared on Reason.com. In the Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Bernie Sanders, the socialist senator from Vermont, said he would vote for the marijuana legalization initiative that will appear on Nevada’s ballot next year if he lived in that state. It was the first time in recent years that Sanders, who opposed drug…

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14 responses to Sanders: First Major Party Candidate To Back Legal Weed

  1. rg9rts October 27th, 2015 at 08:36

    The results from Colorado and there are pastures of plenty $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$never knew a politician to turn their nose up at that except the gopee who would cut their noses off

    • Buford2k11 October 27th, 2015 at 09:17

      umm…It isn’t all that ggreat in Colorado either…there are plenty of anti’s who are vocal, and are using dark out of state money to push their agenda…but we are voting right now, on the State being able to keep the excess taxes, and to use the money like it was promised…weed is still not free from persecution….or lies, or mis-information…the anti people will stoop to new lows to get their way…Do Not Trust any Republicans on this, or on anything else for that matter..

      • rg9rts October 27th, 2015 at 10:46

        Never promised you a rose garden …but the cash input is attractive..that will be the selling point

    • The Original Just Me October 27th, 2015 at 12:19

      Fiorina will bite their noses off for nothing. No cutting required.

      • rg9rts October 27th, 2015 at 12:31

        So would Christie…he HATES it when someone has a good time

        • The Original Just Me October 27th, 2015 at 23:31

          In his case, he gets mad when somebody else gets a bite to eat and he doesn’t get any.

  2. MyDogsAreSmarterThanYou October 27th, 2015 at 08:54

    There is zero reason for alcohol and tobacco to be legal, while marijuana is illegal.

  3. Obewon October 27th, 2015 at 09:05

    This will drive 100 M who’ve tried pot to polls! Even Ronald Reagan admitted to smoking pot. GOP’s private prison industrial complex Corrections Corporation of America is done. United Stoners of America. USA!

  4. aNYYANKEEinQueenHaleysCourt October 27th, 2015 at 09:17

    JUST SAY NO :to PROHIBITION …….LEGALIZATION NOW!

  5. oldfart October 27th, 2015 at 10:45

    I have yet to meet or hear of a politician who isn’t attracted to the smell of “green”.

    • The Original Just Me October 27th, 2015 at 12:17

      The Right side ones like Spewing the Brown.

  6. The Original Just Me October 27th, 2015 at 12:16

    Bernie is going as far to the Left as Carson is to the Right. We need a Strong Centralist Candidate to bring in the Independent Swing Voters. “I STILL BELIEVE IN HILARY !”

  7. Foundryman October 27th, 2015 at 23:05

    http://www.alan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/jeb-dumb-340×216.png

    Are they sure Bernie is the first? This guy looks like he’s pretty stoned to me…

  8. CandideThirtythree October 28th, 2015 at 00:45

    http://www.alternet.org/files/letter.png

    He was first, here is a copy from a 1972 newspaper…how much more first can you get? Pretending like he changed his mind on it is ridiculous. The question was never if but how.

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