WikiLeaks’ most current exposure of political emails displays the staff behind the scenes of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign made it a point to advise her on the issue of marijuana prior to a debate. It also reveals that the Clinton administration most likely will not make any notable changes to marijuana policy at the federal level. A preparatory document discovered in the hacked emails of Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, gives details on what Hillary was advised to say if she was asked whether she would legalize marijuana as the next leader of the free world.
“While YOU should avoid saying marijuana accounts for a signification portion of the U.S. correctional population or a significant portion of those behind bars for drug offenses, it IS correct that there are hundreds of thousands of arrests for marijuana crimes, and that there are thousands of people serving (some) time for marijuana crimes—many of whom would likely be better off in their communities,” the briefing reads.
The document then continues to explain that, with regard to nationwide marijuana reform, Clinton would most likely continue to follow President Obama’s “hands-off approach.”
“Like the Obama Administration’s current approach to the criminal enforcement of federal marijuana laws, YOU would not intervene in states that are reforming their own marijuana laws, as long as those states adhere to certain federal priorities,” the brief continues. “These priorities include not selling to minors, preventing inter-state transport of marijuana, and keeping organized crime out of the industry.”
Interestingly, however, the same collection of intercepted emails reveals that Hillary Clinton supports policies aimed toward the decriminalizing cannabis. Although the Democratic presidential candidate admits to being somewhat perplexed over how to achieve this concept at the national level.
“From my perspective, we do need to look hard at decriminalizing behavior that is not harmful, that is not leading to violence, and try to figure out how best to do that,” she said last year during a meeting with Black Lives Matters.
“I’m not sure exactly how you would implement it and how —you know, because remember, most of the laws you’re talking about are state and local laws,” Clinton continued. “I mean, the federal government can encourage, can make suggestions, can provide incentives, but most criminal law, most policing, all of the problems that we’ve been discussing are really controlled at the local and the state level. So you have to have a buy-in by others, not just by the federal government.”
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HiLIEary Clinton has no problem meddling in each states affairs on any other issue but she’s going to have a “hands off” approach to decriminalizing weed. She is full of BS! She will meddle in EVERYTHING that the American people are doing because she is a totalitarian, HUGE government hack. The second she realizes the money that the federal government can confiscate from the cannabis industry is the second she becomes “hands on” when it comes to cannabis policy.