User Clip: Rep Jamie Raskin D-MD on Marijuna

WELL, LET'S SEE. AGAIN, I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR COMMON GROUND, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WITHIN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE I'M HOPING WE CAN FIND SOME COMMON GROUND ON IS MARIJUANA POLICY. UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE GOT AN ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE COUNTRY WHO WANTS TO TURN THE CLOCK BACK, YOU KNOW, 30 OR 40 YEARS IN TERMS OF MARIJUANA POLICIES. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF AN ISSUE WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC THINKS THE WAR ON DRUGS AS APPLIED TO MARIJUANA HAS BEEN A MISERABLE FAILURE. MARIJUANA PROHIBITION HAS BEEN AT LEAST AS BRUTAL AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AS LIQUOR PROHIBITION WAS. IT ALSO SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE STATES AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT STATES ARE GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ON IT. MOST STATES HAVE SAID PEOPLE CAN USE MEDICAL MARIJUANA IF THEY'VE GOT A DISEASE LIKE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS OR AIDS OR CANCER, WHAT HAVE YOU. A BUNCH OF THEM SAYING WE'RE DECRIMINAL EASING, A BUNCH ARE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO LEGALIZIZE REGULATE AND TAX IT. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS TO CLAMP DOWN ON IT AND close