Bernie Sanders timidly steps toward backing legal marijuana

Bernie Sanders is open to discussing legalizing weed
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"What is your stance on marijuana?" Jimmy Kimmel asked Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Wednesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live. Sanders pulled a face. He began by noting that too many people in the U.S. are locked up because of marijuana, adding: "I think we have to end the War on Drugs." Then he mentioned Colorado, where pot is legal for recreational purposes and he finally arrived at where the audience wanted him to: "I am not unfavorably disposed to moving toward the legalization of marijuana."

And that was it. After riffing off Kimmel's suggestion that the U.S. Postal Service get into the marijuana-delivery business, the senator from Vermont went back to his stump speech about government working for the people and not the billionaires and corporations. Watch Sanders tiptoe toward NORML below. Peter Weber

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Peter Weber

Peter Weber is a senior editor at TheWeek.com, and has handled the editorial night shift since the website launched in 2008. A graduate of Northwestern University, Peter has worked at Facts on File and The New York Times Magazine. He speaks Spanish and Italian and plays bass and rhythm cello in an Austin rock band. Follow him on Twitter.