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Gov. Wolf: Decriminalize marijuana - 'It's ripping families apart'

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 05/20/2015 - 08:00

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf told Channel 11’s Cara Sapida on Tuesday that he thinks marijuana should be decriminalized.

“There are a lot of reasons to look at decriminalization. I think that’s something that I support," he said.

Wolf said the drug is ripping families apart.

“I believe, for a number of reasons, that we ought to decriminalize marijuana use. I think our prisons are over-crowded as a result of people going to jail for reasons that, you know, we break up families for reasons that we shouldn’t," Wolf said.

“We destroy lives and we make it hard to find employment. So often right now possession of a small amount is a felony and an employer looks at that and dismisses (the person) automatically.”

In addition, the governor said the use of medical marijuana should be up to the doctors.

“The legalization of medical marijuana -- I think we ought to...

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