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On the recordJuly 28, 2015
Can I ask the rest of the panel, do any of you believe that if marijuana was decriminalized on the reservation... that would help the drug use problem?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford questions the effectiveness of decriminalizing marijuana in reducing drug use issues.

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