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ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Hillary Rodham Clinton has long declined to endorse legalized medical or recreational marijuana at the federal level, but on Saturday, she added more specifics to her proposal to increase research into medical marijuana.
Clinton said that she supports removing marijuana from a list of Schedule I drugs, a classification that prevents federally-sponsored research into its effects. As a Schedule I drug, marijuana is classified among the most dangerous drugs that the federal Drug Enforcement Agency regulates.
“We haven’t done research, why? Because it’s considered a Schedule I drug,” Clinton said during a town hall meeting at Claflin University in South Carolina on Saturday. “I’d like to move it from Schedule I to Schedule II.”
The addition to her position on marijuana brings her in line with two other Democratic presidential rivals, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, who both oppose marijuana’s designation...
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