David Gregory to Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Denver this week, which he played today on Meet the Press: "We are in Denver. I've got to ask this last question. Back in the '60s there was that saying, 'Give peace a chance.' I'm wondering if you think now it's time to give pot a chance? Would it actually help government raise revenue and deal with some of the things you're dealing with here at CGI?"
Bill Clinton: "Rocky mountain high? I think there's a lot of evidence to argue for the medical marijuana. I think there are a lot of unresolved questions, but I think we should leave it to the states. This really is a time when there should be laboratories of democracy, because nobody really knows where this is going. Are there adequate quality controls? There's pot and there's pot. What's in it? What's going to happen? There are all these questions. I like where it is now. If a state wants to try it, they can, and then they'll be able to see what happens."
Clinton's comments echoed a statement his wife Hilary madeon June 18 when she said, "States are the laboratories of democracy. We have at least two states that are experimenting with (marijuana legalization) right now. I want to wait and see what the evidence is."
