Joe Biden supports decriminalizing marijuana, but stops short of calling for legalization
"Nobody should be in jail for smoking marijuana," Biden told voters at a Tuesday house party in Nashua, New Hampshire.Asked by CNN if the former vice president supports legalizing marijuana, Andrew Bates, a Biden campaign spokesman, said Biden believes the drug should be decriminalized and that decisions on legalization should continue on the state level.
Our policy for our Administration is still not legalization, and that is [and] continues to be our policy."While in the Senate, Biden, who over the years expressed opposition to legalizing marijuana, was an architect or supporter of tough-on-crime legislation, including the creation of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, also known as the"drug czar," and establishing mandatory minimum sentences for marijuana.
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