2020 candidate Cory Booker introduces bill to legalize marijuana nationwide

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Senator Cory Booker introduced a bill on Thursday to legalize marijuana nationwide as he mounts his presidential campaign. Cosponsors of the bill, known as the Marijuana Justice Act, include fellow 2020 Democratic contenders.

Senator Cory Booker introduced a bill on Thursday to legalize marijuana nationwide as he mounts his presidential campaign.

The bill comes as increasing numbers of states are legalizing marijuana on the local level and public opinion has shifted in favor of legalization. Earlier in the week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to revitalize the city's aging subway system partially funded by tax revenue from legal marijuana.

The bill also aims to reverse the damage done to those who were prosecuted for marijuana use by expunging federal crimes and allowing offenders to petition courts for shorter sentences. The sentencing reforms mirror those included in the landmark criminal justice bill that passed last December, known as the First Step Act, which Booker also sponsored.

 

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Keep them high and ignorant!

Damn pothead

So Mary Jane is this new boo he's been hinting about?

I think CoryBooker has the Right Idea to Follow Canada...BUT I would Go Bold & WIDE‼️ If Mexico, Central America & South America ALL Legalized & Made a CASH$ Crop we might be able to swing Crime the Other WAY‼️ Old Methods DONT Work...Convert Poppy Fields to Cannibus 💡 Be BOLD

Thats all we need!

Suddenly I'm a Booker fan

No surprise for this dope head, Democrats certainly know how to build a fu-ked up country

He got my vote!!

I wonder how his Big Pharma donors feel?

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