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Mike Crute: “There are certainly more harmful substances that are legal…”

Featuring: Mike Crute, Democrat | Former Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin

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(D) Candidate for Governor Michael Crute

Published | Video Starts at 01:07

Oh, what does freedom and liberty mean to you? Freedom means to me the freedom as adults to be able to partake in legalized marijuana if that's what we choose to do. There are certainly more harmful substances that are legal, I think nicotine, alcohol. And when I've spoken and recently interviewed medical professionals or heard the interview on my show, Dr. Sanjay Gupta Gupta was very adamant that marijuana from additional treatment of opioid drugs, opioid addiction can help with withdrawal symptoms. (01:07–01:15)

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Asserts that nicotine and alcohol are more harmful substances than marijuana and are legal.

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