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James Lankford: “I think it is us turning a blind eye to our responsibility to say, decriminalizing it is no big deal, it is 'just…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2015
I think it is us turning a blind eye to our responsibility to say, decriminalizing it is no big deal, it is 'just marijuana.'
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford criticizes the perception that marijuana decriminalization has no negative effects.

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