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Oct 23, 2012

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00:00:00 0% OF THE -- 90% OF THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO INPORTATION NOT USE.
00:00:22 55% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT LEGALIZING MARIJUANA.
00:00:25 WHY IS THIS THE CASE?
00:00:26 BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT.
00:00:28 BECAUSE DEBATES ARE RAGING AT DINNER TABLES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN RAGING AT DINNER TABLES IN THE PAST.
00:00:36 LET'S REGULATE IT.
00:00:38 IT'S ON THE BALLOT IN COLORADO IN NOVEMBER.
00:00:41 COLORADOIANS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO CHANGE DRUG POLICY WORLDWIDE.
00:00:49 COLORADANS GET IT.
00:00:50 SIX YEARS AGO THEY OAT VOTED TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA ON A CAMPAIGN BASED ON MARIJUANA BEING SAFER THAN ALCOHOL.
00:01:00 I AM NOT A HYPOCRITE ON THIS ISSUE.
00:01:05 I HAVE DRANK ALCOHOL, I HAVE SMOKED MARIJUANA.
00:01:07 I DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL, I DON'T SMOKE MARIJUANA.
00:01:10 I CAN TELL YOU, IN NO CATEGORY IS MARIJUANA MORE DANGEROUS THAN ALCOHOL.
00:01:19 [APPLAUSE] AND YET WE ARE ARRESTING 1.
00:01:23 8 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY ON DRUG-RELATED CRIME.
00:01:27 WE HAVE THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
00:01:31 2.
00:01:32 3 MILLION PEOPLE.
00:01:33 HALF OF WHAT WE SPEND ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE COURT AND THE PRISONS IS DRUG RELATED, AND TO WHAT END.
00:01:42 LOOK, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ADVOCATING DRUG USE.
00:01:46 50% OF KIDS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL HAVE SMOKED MARIJUANA.
00:01:50 THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT BELONGS WITH FAMILIES, NOT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
00:02:04 [APPLAUSE] >> ANYBODY
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