Remember folks, now that Rand Paul has dropped out, there is one candidate left who is not a drug warrior. This will be the easiest vote I've ever cast.
Edit: I was not fair to Trump on this. He apparently isn't a drug warrior. Still gonna be an easy vote for me though!
> but Trump has said let the states do whatever they vote for.
Not just that, but Trump supported marijuana legalization as far back as 1990. That was right around the height of the war on drugs, in between "Just Say No" of the Reagan years and the anti-drug, tough-on-crime propaganda of the Clinton years.
I can't really endorse pretty much anything else Trump says, but it really can't be overstated how rare it was for anyone to be standing up for marijuana legalization (publicly) 25 years ago.
He also seems to support single-payer healthcare, and has complimented the system in Scotland. Funny that GOP voters seem to give him a pass on all of the sort of issues that would kill other candidates' chances.
Right, because ideological purity is much better than pragmatism. You have no preference at all between the candidates, because none of them favour complete legalisation? You'd rather have no decriminalisation than just some?
The drug war is only one of many reasons that I am apolitical. I don't accept that I have a legitimate choice -- to me, voting would be tacit acceptance of the legitimacy of our political process.
Sanders filed a bill to remove cannabis from the controlled substances act altogether, which would defer any decision on its prohibition or legal status to individual states: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s2237/text. It's not full all-at-once nationwide legalization, but it's not a mere decrease in federal penalties either.
Edit: I was not fair to Trump on this. He apparently isn't a drug warrior. Still gonna be an easy vote for me though!