Original upload date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 06:40:25 GMT
North Carolina's biggest export crop is marijuana, so where does Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) stand on the issue of the federal government respecting state laws regarding medical marijuana?
Mike Sta
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rk asks him on behalf of Just Say Now:
BURR: The question is should the United States government enforce the federal law which is that it's illegal to posses...
STARK: ...in California, where the people have spoken, and said we want it to be legal....
BURR: ...or in any state that exceeds the exception to the law, which is for medical use.
STARK: But there is no exception at the federal level for medical use.
BURR: No there isn't. But clearly, this administration has used their discretion to allow medical use.
STARK: Right. Right. And are you okay with that?
BURR: Well, I'm on the record for believing that medical use of marijuana has no real intrinsic values that you can't get through other things. But I...
STARK: So if you were President you would be enforcing the law, the federal law in California?
BURR: I would be enforcing all laws.
