Marijuana and Private Prison Reform Touted on HillaryClinton.com

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has posted “133 reasons (and counting!) Hillary Clinton should be our next president” on HillaryClinton.com and a couple of the reasons on the list pertain to the cannabis community and greater Drug War reform activists. The presidential election could very well tighten up as we head to November 8th and Secretary Clinton would be wise to tout her criminal justice reforms or, better yet, announce even more progressive positions.

While Clinton lagged behind Democratic rival Bernie Sanders in calling for an end to private prisons, it is very good to see that “It’s time to end for-profit private prisons in America,” come in at number 60 on her campaign’s list. Following Sanders’ call to end private prisons in America, Clinton took heat for accepting contributions from private prisons. Clinton responded by donating private prison contributions to charity and private...

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