GOP presidential candidates dislike legal marijuana but some support Colorado's right to have it

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GOP presidential candidates dislike legal marijuana — but some support Colorado's right to have the law (Slideshow) - Denver Business Journal

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at an impromptu media conference on June 27,… more

Republican presidential candidates speaking in Denver this weekend uniformly criticized the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana — but also said for the most part that they would not attempt to overturn what they considered to be an issue of states’ rights.

Six GOP contenders spoke Friday and Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit, a three-day political gathering organized by the Centennial Institute. Their stump speeches to about 4,000 people at the Colorado Convention Center tended to focus on foreign policy and on social issues such as the Supreme Court’s recent gay-marriage ruling, but most took time to address this state’s 2012 vote to legalize the nationally banned drug in impromptu news conferences after their...

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