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Bernie Sanders

leftcoastmountains

(2,968 posts) Mon Dec 14, 2015, 10:59 PM Dec 2015

Pot activists to honor Sanders with trail-blazer award

http://thehill.com/regulation/263129-pot-activists-to-recognize-bernie-sanders
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The Democratic presidential candidate will be honored at the High Times Business Summit in Washington, D.C., with the group’s first-ever trail blazer award.

Sanders, a self-desribed Democratic socialist, is backing legislation that would end the long-time federal prohibition on marijuana.

Currently, the federal government maintains a ban on marijuana — even in states that have legalized the drug.

The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act introduced last month by Sanders would remove the barriers for states that want to legalize recreational and medical marijuana without interference from the federal government. However, other states could still choose to prohibit pot.