Political Quotes

“I would respectfully disagree. As a practical matter, it is easy to verify that it does have therapeutic value. That is why voters in 33 States have approved it. I have had experience with what has happened with our veterans, who make the strong argument that this has actually saved their lives: People with extreme nausea from chemotherapy. Babies with extreme seizure disorders are being tortured, and the only relief comes from the use of cannabis. That is why even States that haven't approved medical marijuana have passed it, because it works. {time} 1315 The existing scheduling is an outright lie. That is why we have problems, a Federal policy that is so out of touch with a majority of the American public, with objective evidence, what people have seen with their own eyes, protecting babies from being tortured or veterans with PTSD. That is one of the problems we have, a policy that is so out of sync that it is hard to convince children that they should believe the admonition. We ought to legalize it, tax it, regulate it, keep it out of hands of kids, but don't deal with what is, for many adults, a medicine or a choice in terms of what they want to do. This is where the American public has been going. The existing policy of prohibition is an abject failure.…”