By David Weigel David Weigel National reporter covering politics Email Bio Follow February 28 at 6:00 AM Joined by four fellow candidates for the presidency, Sen. Cory Booker is reintroducing legislation that would legalize marijuana and expunge convictions for possessing the drug.
All of them had co-sponsored the 2017 bill, too, as had Sen. Jeff Merkley , who is considering his own run for the presidency. Sen. Michael F. Bennet , who traveled to Iowa last week, is also co-sponsoring the new bill. Since the 1970 passage of the Controlled Substances Act, the federal government has classified marijuana as a substance with “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” Petitions to change that designation have been ignored by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and states have decriminalized marijuana for medical and recreational purposes despite the statute, creating a legal gray area.
Booker’s legislation goes further than legalization, though, and would create a “community reinvestment fund” to offer grants, job training, and transition from prison to community life for the people and places “most affected by the war on drugs.” Harris said in a statement: “Marijuana laws in this country have not been applied equally, and as a result we have criminalized marijuana use in a way that has led to the disproportionate incarceration of young men of color. Legalizing marijuana is the smart thing to do and the right thing to do to advance justice and equality for every American.”
Ay I might have to vote for the first time ever if that’s the case lmao 😎🌲🔥 420forPresident
Bait and switch Give artificial freedom in exchange for restrictions that enslave People are duped These fools will say, 'Booker is cool, lenient, I don't have to work, welfare is my means of livelihood, he's good to take guns from men and kill their offspring' Don't be fooled
And?
wapo......nothing more than clickbait....... America's To Do list: 1)national debt 2)yrly budget deficit ..revamp medicare/medicaid ..china-USA trade imbalance ..10,000,000 non-citizens ..38,000,000 on food stamps 100) marijuana
I'm betting big bucks that Trump comes out in support of legalization during the 2020 race.
Every congressional Democrat currently seeking the presidency supports infanticide. The national press can ignore it all it wants to. The issue is not going away. TheDemocrats
Just goes to show where his brains are at!
sturm_leslie I'll smoke to that! Club420
It needs to be legal in all 50 states. Recreational and medical.
Someone should Ask Booker if a Judge shouldn't be appointed to the top court in the country for an allegation of sexual assault, Why he thinks he should be appointed the highest point on Capitol Hill for openly admitting to actually sexually assaulting someone?
I just don't like his position on mutants.
Pandering to liberals, backdoor route to gun control.
In the Trump era, this is a foolishly distracting cause to take on. The Dems are their worst enemy in not relentlessly focusing on the hard core issues that mobilize American voters - jobs, health care, education, trade.
Good. Long past time to stop fighting unwinnable wars.
What’s not to like!!!
Free college for all, Medicare for all, and all the weed you can smoke, do you think the Democrats are courting the millennial vote ?
Legalize weed, sports betting, and online poker!
Dems desperately want it legalized so the new Dem President won't have to find a dealer in DC! It should bring a lot of fun to all of those tired old State dinners!
Fuck yeah.
It's a no-brainer: if you want the young vote, play GrassWarfare, as BillMaher once said:
It needs to be legalized & all marijuana charges wiped clean. It would be good for tax dollars, over crowded prisons, the workforce, & enhance the populations overall ability for higher education.
😂 how will they know if people are high when they are driving? Is there a test? Pot stays in your system a week right? Say u smoked sun but thurs u get pulled over. Car smells cuz smokers stink so now you’re under suspicion. They test your blood your positive fromm a wk prior
Crime went up 33% Unemployment went up 8.5% to over 14% during Spartys administration
as it should. All of Congress could get drunk anytime they pretty much want. But if I want to smoke I'm a criminal. Are you kidding me?
Ofc they do, since they're all using.
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