Pubdate: Tue, 10 Sep 2019
Source: USA Today (US)
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Author: Trevor Hughes

POT MAKES ITS MARK ON PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT

DENVER - Once a politically dangerous subject, legal marijuana has
become something of a de facto platform plank for the 2020 Democratic
candidates: All support either legalizing or decriminalizing its use,
and the differences lie in how far the candidates are willing to take
it.

Those differences - particularly former Vice President Joe Biden's
reluctance to embrace full federal legalization and the lack of
enthusiasm that increasingly organized young marijuana activists have
for him - may play a role in determining who faces President Donald
Trump next fall, experts said.

"People from both parties are just thinking, 'Duh, we should be
legalizing this at the federal level,' " said Rachel Gillette, a
Denver-based cannabis activist and attorney. "It would be great if
they could focus on this. It's time."
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