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Below, see what Donald Trump and the 2016 Republican Platform said about marijuana.

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  • Trump opposed the recreational use of marijuana.
  • He said each state should determine its own marijuana policy.
  • He said that medical marijuana should be legal.

    • Republican Party Trump on marijuana

    • In 2016, Donald Trump received a grade of C+ from the Marijuana Policy Project—a pro-legalization lobbying organization—for his support of medicinal marijuana and opposition to recreational marijuana use.[1]
    • While speaking with reporters on October 29, 2015, Trump said marijuana legalization "should be a state issue, state-by-state."[2]
    • Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 17, 2015, Trump opposed the legalization of marijuana. "I'd say it's bad. Medical marijuana is another thing, but I think it's bad and I feel strongly about that." When asked about legalization and states' rights, Trump said, "If they vote for it, they vote for it, but they've got a lot of problems going on right now in Colorado. Some big problems."[3]
    • In April 1990, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that Trump supported the legalization of all drugs and, from the resulting tax revenues, the creation of a public education program about the dangers of drugs. "We're losing badly the war on drugs. You have to legalize drugs to win that war. You have to take the profit away from these drug czars," he said.[4]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Marijuana Policy Project, "2016 Presidential Candidates," accessed August 9, 2016
    2. ↑ The Washington Post, "Trump softens position on marijuana legalization," October 29, 2015
    3. ↑ C-SPAN, "Donald Trump on Marijuana," February 17, 2015
    4. ↑ The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "Donald Trump: Legalized Drugs," April 14, 1990
    5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    6. ↑ Republican Party, "The 2016 Republican Party Platform," accessed August 5, 2016
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