On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton unveiled an initiative to combat youth unemployment during a speech addressing the challenges posed by economic inequality at a Denver gathering of the Clinton Global Initiative.

During her speech, the former secretary of state detailed a new series of partnerships with businesses called "Job One," where 10 companies commit to hire and coach young people, especially those from underprivileged communities.

"Ultimately, it's about more than paychecks," Clinton said, according to Politico. "As secretary of state, I saw firsthand what happened in communities around the world when young people feel alienated and marginalized. It's corrosive and explosive."

Some of the companies participating in the initiative include Microsoft, The Gap, JPMorgan Chase and the Salesforce.com Foundation.

"Six years after the financial crash, many young people are still struggling," she added. "In fact, one of most terrifying statistics is, nearly 6 million young Americans between ages 16 and 24 are out of school and out of work, and for those who don't get a college education or even high school, most doors just won't open no matter how hard they knock."

Last week, the potential Democratic 2016 presidential candidate told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that she sees the "benefits" of medical marijuana and wants to "wait and see what the evidence is" from states like Washington and Colorado which have legalized the recreational of cannabis.

"There are younger people here who could help me understand this and answer it," said Clinton during her interview promoting her new memoir "Hard Choices."

"At the risk of committing radical candor, I have to say I think we need to be very clear about the benefits of marijuana use for medicinal purposes. I don't think we've done enough research yet, although I think for people who are in extreme medical conditions and who have anecdotal evidence that it works, there should be availability under appropriate circumstances. But I do think we need more research because we don't know how it interacts with other drugs."

The former First Lady also seemed supportive of the new laws in Colorado and Washington that have legalized recreational marijuana for adults.

"On recreational, states are the laboratories of democracy," Clinton said. "We have at least two states that are experimenting with that right now. I want to wait and see what the evidence is."

However, the former First Lady laughed when questioned if she would try smoking marijuana.

"Absolutely not," she said. "I didn't do it when I was young, I'm not going to start now."