The GOP Presidential Debate Weighs in on Marijuana, Leading to This Blunt Conclusion

The American public may have an increasingly positive view on marijuana, but the GOP presidential debates suggest that any chance of federal reform is still a long way off.

Even though presidential elections only happen every four years, it seems like the campaigns begin earlier each time. Presidential candidates are metaphorically putting out the Christmas lights in August in the hope of gaining an advantage over their opponents.

Is the road to the White House paved in green?
Thus far, we have in the neighborhood of two dozen candidates vying for the presidency. While there are dozens of issues at hand that may help define this election -- immigration, the economy, foreign relations, and climate change, for example -- an unlikely issue, marijuana, has forced its way into the debate thanks to a resounding surge in popularity among Americans young and old across the country.

A decade ago, according...

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