At last night's Student Town Hall at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made his strongest statement yet in behalf of marijuana legalization.
Five Democratic presidential hopefuls faced off in Las Vegas last night. The debate's "high"-light came when Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton were asked for their stances on marijuana legalization.
A question about marijuana legalization by Occupy Weed Street activist Lorna Shannon at this morning's CityLaw breakfast prompted New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton to relate a story about how he stopped a young woman while she smoked a joint on, of all places, Wall Street earlier this week.
Despite legalization in Colorado and Washington, marijuana arrests rose nationally in 2014 by 1%. This follows a decline of 22% over the previous three years.
Moderator Jake Tapper asked the "marijuana question" at last night's Republican Debate, setting off a three-way wrestling match between Rand Paul, Chris Christie and Jeb Bush.
