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Although Barack Obama won, the bitter campaign divided the US. The president emerges with a tenuous mandate and an urgent domestic to-do list. Abroad, a new world order is rising from the euro crisis, the Arab Spring and emerging Asia, and US leadership will be key. In this series, GlobalPost's far-flung correspondents bring you insights into how President Obama's re-election will impact their regions.
GOP Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan points during a sound check at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, on August 29, 2012 before the day's Republican National Convention events. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
Sarah WolfeSeptember 10, 2012 14:01
Paul Ryan on medical marijuana: Let the states decide (VIDEO)
The Paul Ryan medical marijuana comments were made during a local TV station interview.
The Paul Ryan medical marijuana comments were made during a local TV station interview.
States should have the right to legalize medical marijuana, GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told a TV station in Colorado.
While stressing he doesn't personally approve of using marijuana for medical reasons, Ryan told Colorado Springs affiliate KRDO that he believes "it's up to Coloradoans to decide."
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A clip of the interview aired Friday.
Colorado is one of 17 states, plus Washington, D.C., where medicinal marijuana use is legal, according to The Associated Press.
In an earlier interview, Ryan's running mate, Mitt Romney, scoffed at a reporter's question on the issue.
“Aren’t there issues of significance that you’d like to talk about?” he said, according to Slate.
Romney went on to call marijuana a “gateway drug to other drug violations.”
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