Pubdate: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA) Copyright: 2015 Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.utsandiego.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/386 Note: Seldom prints LTEs from outside it's circulation area. SANDERS: EASE POT PENALTIES Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders announced his support Wednesday for removing marijuana from a list of the most dangerous drugs outlawed by the federal government - a move that would free states to legalize it without impediments from Washington. The self-described democratic socialist senator from Vermont shared his proposal during a town hall meeting with college students that was broadcast on the Internet across the country from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. No other presidential candidate has called for marijuana to be completely removed from the schedule of controlled substances regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Longshot Democratic hopeful Martin O'Malley has said he'd put marijuana on Schedule 2, a less strict designation. The party's frontrunner, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has repeatedly said she wants to see how legalization experiments in Colorado, Washington and other states play out before committing to any changes at the federal level. the washington post - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom