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WEBVTT ELEVATOR AND THE WALL WHEN THE ELEVATOR STARTED TO MOVE. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. IN COMMITMENT, 2014. THE CANDIDATES VYING TO SUCCEED MARTHA COAKLEY DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA. WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT IN COLORADO AND WASHINGTON STATE. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN SOME OF THE TROUBLE WITH LEGALIZATION OUT THERE. I SUPPORT WHAT IS HAPPENEDDER WHO IN MASSACHUSETTS IN THE LEGALIZATION TOO DATE, BUT I DON'T SUPPORT FULL DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA IN ANY AMOUNT BECAUSE I HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES AND CONCERNS ABOUT PARTICULARLY CONCERNS ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADDICTION. BUT HE WOULD HAVE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW, VERY IMPORTANT HERE TO IMPLEMENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS WORKING SO THAT PEOPLE WHO NEED MEDICAL MARIJUANA ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT MEDICINE AND DO SO IN A WAY THAT IS SAFE. IS SOMETHING I KNOW I WILL BE WORKING ON WITH OTHER MUNICIPAL LEADERS AND OTHERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IF ELECTED ATTORNEY GENERAL. IF I HAD TO VOTED TO AS A CITIZEN I WOULD VOTE KNOW TO LEGALIZED GENERALLY. AND IF I WERE IN THE LEGISLATURE AND HAD A VOTE IN THE LEGISLATURE, I THINK I WOULD VOTE NO AS WELL. LET ME EXPLAIN WHY. I THINK KIDS FROM AGE 14 TO ABOUT 25, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME IN THEIR LIVES WHEN A LOT OF THINGS ARE CHANGING AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO BE WHEN THEY GROW UP AND PURSUING THEIR EDUCATION. I THINK UNTIL WE HAVE MORE DATA THAT WE KNOW AND WE KNOW A LITTLE MORE AND WE WILL FIND OUT A LITTLE MORE FROM COLORADO AND WASHINGTON. I THINK OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA ABOUT THE IMPACT OF LEGALIZING MARIJUANA IN OTHER STATES AND IT IS ONE OF THE GREAT IDEAS FROM THE ORIGINAL FOUNDERS THAT THE STATES COULD BE EXPERIMENTERS. I THINK WE NEED THE JURY IS OUT, WE NEED MORE FACTS.

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