Sanders And Clinton Offer Cannabis Clarity And Confusion
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Asked how he would vote on the marijuana legalization initiative that will be on Nevada’s ballot next year if he lived in that state, Sanders initially said, “I suspect I would vote yes.” Apparently encouraged by the applause that reply elicited, he made his answer firmer:
I would vote yes because I am seeing in this country too many lives being destroyed for non-violent
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