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Loretta Lynch Says She Doesn't Support Marijuana Legalization Or Obama's Views On Pot


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Editor's Note: This portion of the Attorney General nominee's confirmation hearing–outlined here by The Huffington Post–is making lots of headlines, and right so. But it would have been quite a limb for Lynch to go out on to say she is in support of legalization. Few legislators at such a high level have done so. Lynch also suggested in her responses to various questions regarding marijuana policy, that the current administration's policy would be her policy and that the state's have the right to choose their own path regarding marijuana legalization, although the drug remains federally illegal. 


Loretta Lynch, the nominee for attorney general, said Wednesday during her confirmation hearing that she does not support the legalization of marijuana, and that she disagrees with President Barack Obama's remarks about the drug being no more dangerous than alcohol.

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During her hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) asked, "Do you support the legalization of marijuana?"

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"Senator, I do not," Lynch replied.

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