Rand Paul: Relax Marijuana Penalties, Allow States To Determine Pot Policy

Nick Wing
Huffington Post
November 21, 2012

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) continued to field questions this week about a possible entrance into the 2016 Republican presidential mix, reinforcing his views that legal penalties for marijuana offenses should be reduced and that states should be responsible for crafting their own laws regarding the plant.

In an interview with ABC, Paul said that while he did not personally support marijuana being legalized, or even used, for that matter, he did believe that punishments surrounding it were overly harsh.

“I think for example we should tell young people, ‘I’m not in favor of you smoking pot, but if you get caught smoking pot, I don’t want to put you in jail for 20 years,’” Paul said.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 9:58 am

Tags: domestic news, police state

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