Bernie Sanders in Michigan: Marijuana possession 'should not be a federal crime.'

[Eric J in MN]

I was glad that Sanders supported marijuana legalization directly at a rally in Warren, MI yesterday.

When I saw him in Minnesota at the Humphrey-Mondale dinner in February, he was less direct: Someone "will get picked up for possessing marijuana, he or she will get a police record which will stay with them for the rest of their lives. Executives on wall street, whose greed and recklessness and illegal behavior ended up driving millions of people out of their homes, not one of those executives on wall street will have a police record."

[eridani]

1. In one of the debates he said that addiction should be a medical, not a legal, matter n/t

[Eric J in MN]

2. Yes, he also said that in his speech in Warren, MI yesterday.

Bernie Sanders said we should spend more on mental health and give addicts treatment as soon as they seek it instead of making them wait two months.