mr. bonini: i actually favor legalization.he reason i favor legalization is because we basically already have. we have decriminalized marijuana in delaware, possession and delaware where it is to fact factal -- where it is the -- it is defacto legal. let's regulate it and get junk dealers out of business. by the way i didn't agree with that policy, but that is the policy we have and i think we need to be adults about it and understand that the message, the public policy decision on marijuana has been made, and if we do that we can keep it out of the hands of kids and quite reducet -- quite frankly the jug trade. rep. carney: i don't support legalization, i support the current status of decriminalization. i will remind people the program is not up and running. it seems to me before we take the step to recreational marijuana, we have some states that are doing it right now, we ought to see with the experiences. friends in the congress is from colorado. they have some unintended consequences with respect to being on the cutting e

mr. bonini. >> the first thing is please vote for me. you should always ask. so i'm asking you to do something very hard. change is hard. it's especially hard when your plan is somebody that you respect and like. and quite frankly the overall majority of delawareans respect and like. but one in six is on food stamps your one in four is on medicaid. one in five children in delaware are going up in poverty. four out of five of her public high school graduates are not ready for work or college. change has to happen, and i'm asking people in delaware to make a very difficult decision and say, we have to change course. and i also believe that i can laid delaware in that change your i know i've said this a bunch of times. john is a friend and a good guy and a smart guy but i think delaware needs to go in a different direction in which is a thank you for having me and i'm kindly asking for your vote. >> thank you. thank you very much for participating in this evenings university of delaware debate. we appreciate it very much. i also want to thank our audience here th

mr. bonini: i do apologize. but the bottom line is regardless of the politics and support, we already made that decision. we have decriminalized it to the support where it is de facto legal. a traffic ticket is actually more expensive, at the six ounces and marijuana -- six ounces of marijuana in delaware is a misdemeanor. regardless of if you do supported or not, that is a decision we have made. rep. carney: i don't make my decisions based on what the poll says. i think my approach is a smarter approach. saying iay -- i'm not won't be for fully glenn's asian sometime in the future, let's see what happens in washington, colorado, and other states. opinion and important part of any decision? absolutely. are elected to represent the people who elect us, so it is important to know you won't stay elected right away that stay elected if you ignore what public opinion is. concerned about this heroine problem and the connection that marijuana -- connection to marijuana that exists. >> we are going to turn to the issue