{"id":3003,"date":"2019-06-19T05:50:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T12:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2019-08-02T05:55:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T12:55:39","slug":"2020-election-candidates-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/2020-election-candidates-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Which 2020 Election Candidates Support Marijuana Legalization?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every Democratic candidate for president supports either marijuana legalization or decriminalization. The differences come in the pathways they would choose to get the changes made.<\/p>\n<p>On the Republican side, President Donald Trump has advocated states\u2019 rights on the issue. Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, who is challenging Trump for the Republican nomination, also has supported marijuana legalization since the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Here are where the Democratic candidates stand. This information is taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2020-candidates-legal-marijuana-legalization-weed-1401593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsweek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/04\/18\/2020-democratic-candidates-stand-together-on-marijuana-legalize-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/marijuana-legalization-2020-presidential-candidates-2019-2#sen-cory-booker-of-new-jersey-not-only-introduced-the-marijuana-justice-act-in-the-senate-but-has-made-criminal-justice-reform-a-centerpiece-of-his-presidential-campaign-calling-for-legalization-in-his-campaign-announcement-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a>, unless otherwise indicated. Of course, positions change, so it\u2019s important to keep up as the election unfolds and see where your candidate stands.<\/p>\n<h2>Joe Biden<\/h2>\n<p>Biden supports decriminalization of marijuana but stops short of calling for legalization at the federal level. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/05\/16\/politics\/joe-biden-marijuana-decriminalization\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has said <\/a>that \u201cnobody should be jailed for smoking pot.\u201d He also has supported allowing states to decide on the issue.<\/p>\n<h2>Cory Booker<\/h2>\n<p>The senator from New Jersey is in support of marijuana legalization, primarily as a social justice issue. He has introduced the Marijuana Justice Act that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level.<\/p>\n<h2>Pete Buttigieg<\/h2>\n<p>The major of South Bend, Indiana, has never written or voted on any laws regarding marijuana legalization. But he has said that marijuana legalization is an issue he favors, pointing to the votes to legalize at the state level and the many polls indicating support for legalization at the federal level.<\/p>\n<h2>Julian Castro<\/h2>\n<p>Castor has said he supports legalization as well as expunging the criminal records of those convicted for using marijuana.<\/p>\n<h2>John Delaney<\/h2>\n<p>Delaney has said that the current trend to approve marijuana legalization at the state level should continue and that the federal government \u201cshould get out of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Tulsi Gabbard<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/decriminalize-marijuana-in-hawaii\/\">Hawaii<\/a> congresswoman is a staunch supporter of legalization and has criticized the federal government for making marijuana illegal while those who make pain medications that have contributed to the opioid epidemic \u201cwalk away scot-free with their coffers full.\u201d She has signed onto the Marijuana Justice Act companion bill in the House.<\/p>\n<h2>Kirsten Gillibrand<\/h2>\n<p>The New York Democrat never sponsored or co-sponsored any legalization measures during her time in the House of Representatives (2007 to 2009), but she now is an advocate for legalization.<\/p>\n<h2>Kamala Harris<\/h2>\n<p>Harris opposed making marijuana legal in California in 2010 when she was the attorney general there. However, she is a co-sponsor on the Marijuana Justice Act that would make marijuana legal at the federal level.<\/p>\n<h2>John Hickenlooper<\/h2>\n<p>As governor of Colorado, he called the legalization of marijuana \u201creckless.\u201d But he also signed many marijuana bills into law. He now advocates the federal government stay out of the way of states that want to legalize marijuana.<\/p>\n<h2>Jay Inslee<\/h2>\n<p>The Washington governor has called for the legalization of marijuana nationally. In his state, he also founded a program to hasten expungement of misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions going back to 1998.<\/p>\n<h2>Amy Klobuchar<\/h2>\n<p>The Minnesota senator is an advocate of states getting to decide whether they want to legalize marijuana. She has backed up the talk with action. She is a sponsor of an act that would protect states that allow marijuana legalization from federal interference.<\/p>\n<h2>Wayne Messam<\/h2>\n<p>The mayor of Miramar, Florida, has stated he is for allowing states to decide whether they should allow legal marijuana.<\/p>\n<h2>Beto O&#8217;Rourke<\/h2>\n<p>O\u2019Rourke has backed repeal of the federal criminalization of marijuana. He also supported bills as a congressman to end federal interference with states that made marijuana legal.<\/p>\n<h2>Bernie Sanders<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/we-cant-help-feelin-the-bern\/\">Bernie<\/a> has signed onto the Marijuana Justice Act. He supports legalization at the federal level. He also was the first senator to introduce a bill, back in 2015, to end the federal prohibition on marijuana.<\/p>\n<h2>Eric Swalwell<\/h2>\n<p>The California lawmaker has backed an act allowing marijuana businesses access to banking services. He also has co-sponsored legalization to end the federal prohibition against marijuana.<\/p>\n<h2>Elizabeth Warren<\/h2>\n<p>She supports both the Marijuana Justice Act and a bill protecting states from federal interference. She has said she prefers legalizing at the federal level but will work with Republicans to allows states to legalize one at a time if that is how it must be done.<\/p>\n<h2>Marianne Williamson<\/h2>\n<p>Author and spiritual leader Williamson supports legalizing marijuana, saying at one campaign stop that the country is \u201cso beyond worrying about marijuana. We are onto something so much bigger than marijuana,\u201d such as painkiller addiction.<\/p>\n<h2>Andrew Yang<\/h2>\n<p>Yang supports legalization at the federal level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 election candidates have varied opinions on marijuana legalization. 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