Words: Edwards supports drug courts and alternatives to prison. He admits to having used marijuana. “We can create an infrastructure for success for those who are charged and convicted for the first time, so that we help them with drug counseling, job counseling, job training, education–help them get the back into the community with some chance of changing their lives.”

Actions: Edwards voted AGAINST increasing penalties for drug offenses (1999). VOTE-HEMP has given him a “B-”.

More about: Drug Policy, John Edwards.