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Search results for "Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug"

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Barack Obama stated on January 31, 2014 in an interview with CNN:
"What is and isn't a Schedule I narcotic is a job for Congress."
By Steve Contorno• February 4, 2014
Bernie Sanders stated on March 26, 2016 in a speech:
"Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin."  
By Tom Kertscher• April 22, 2016
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on February 03, 2024 in a newsletter for constituents:
“Marijuana is currently classified in the same category of drugs as heroin and a more dangerous category than fentanyl or cocaine.”
By Conor Amendola, Brooke Johnpier• February 20, 2024
Hillary Clinton stated on April 21, 2016 in a "Good Morning America" town hall:
Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, "which you understand means that you can’t do any research about it."
By Lauren Carroll• April 26, 2016
Allen Peake stated on December 03, 2014 in a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol:
Unlike marijuana, medical cannabis oil cannot get you high.
By April Hunt• December 9, 2014
Don Gaetz stated on February 13, 2014 in a "Florida Face to Face" interview:
The medical marijuana ballot initiative "doesn’t require a physician writing a prescription" and can be for conditions like "having a back that needs to be scratched."
By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• February 21, 2014
Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy stated on September 15, 2016 in a political advertisement:
Says Proposition 205 "blocks market entry" for new marijuana dispensaries.
By Anthony Cave• September 30, 2016
Gary Johnson stated on August 03, 2016 in a town hall meeting:
Legal prescription drugs "statistically kill 100,000 people a year, (but) there are no documented deaths due to marijuana."
By Joseph Cariz• August 16, 2016
Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol stated on October 14, 2016 in a political advertisement:
Department of Veterans Affairs doctors "are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana."
By Anthony Cave• October 26, 2016
Vote No On 2 stated on May 16, 2016 in a video:
"Amendment 2 will put almost 2,000 pot shops in Florida ... more pot shops than Walmart and Walgreens combined."
By Joshua Gillin• May 19, 2016
Patrick Kennedy stated on January 08, 2013 in news story:
"Eighty percent of those who have applied for licenses have no cancer, no Parkinson's disease or glaucoma. They have nothing you would associate [with] the use of medical marijuana."
By Michael McKinney• February 3, 2013
Gavin Newsom stated on February 24, 2017 in a letter:
During his campaign for president, Donald Trump "committed to honoring states' rights when it comes to marijuana legalization."
By Chris Nichols• February 28, 2017
United for Care stated on August 11, 2016 in a newspaper op-ed:
"Medical-grade marijuana alone will not get that patient ‘high,’ no matter what level of THC, CBD or any other compound is found in the plant."
By Joshua Gillin• August 19, 2016
Vote No on 3 stated on September 07, 2024 in a TV ad:
Florida’s Amendment 3 is “the monopoly amendment.”
By Samantha Putterman• September 27, 2024
James Aubin stated on January 05, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:
"Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year."
By Katie Mulvaney• January 11, 2015
Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy stated on October 11, 2016 in a political advertisement:
"In one Colorado hospital, 50 percent of newborns tested had marijuana in their system."
By Anthony Cave• November 3, 2016
Barbara Dittrich stated on February 16, 2021 in Column:
"Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking."
By Haley BeMiller• March 19, 2021
Pam Bondi stated on October 24, 2013 in an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court:
Florida’s proposed medical marijuana amendment "would make Florida one of the most lenient medical-marijuana states, allowing use for limitless ‘other conditions’ specified by any physician."
By Joshua Gillin• December 17, 2013
Vote No On 2 stated on July 20, 2016 in a pamphlet mailed to voters:
"Because there's no local option to allow communities to ban, limit or restrict the location of pot shops, if Amendment 2 passes you can expect the seedy elements of the pot industry to move in right next door to your neighborhood, your church, your business and even your child's school."
By Joshua Gillin• August 16, 2016
Patrick Kennedy stated on April 17, 2018 in an editorial:
Marijuana and THC "have caused emergency room visits to skyrocket."
By Katie Akin• July 6, 2018

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Pot 101: Facts you should know about California’s legal marijuana

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Marijuana legalization in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

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Fact-checking 7 claims about marijuana

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Fact-checking 7 claims about marijuana

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Speaking of Colorado, how the Republican presidential candidates stand on marijuana

By W. Gardner Selby• October 28, 2015

PolitiFact primer: The politics of pot

By Rochelle Koff• October 8, 2013

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