Democratic Primaries

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts) Tue Mar 5, 2019, 11:41 AM Mar 2019

Marijuana legalization is winning the 2020 Democratic primaries

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Last week, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), who’s running for president, reintroduced the Marijuana Justice Act, which he first introduced in 2017. The bill would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and leverage federal funds to encourage states to legalize pot.

“The War on Drugs has not been a war on drugs, it’s been a war on people, and disproportionately people of color and low-income individuals,” Booker said in a statement. “The Marijuana Justice Act seeks to reverse decades of this unfair, unjust, and failed policy by removing marijuana from the list of controlled substances and making it legal at the federal level.”

It’s not just Booker, though. Several Democratic candidates have signed on as co-sponsors for the Marijuana Justice Act: Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) hasn’t signed on, but she said she supports legalizing marijuana.

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But Trump’s administration has so far taken an aggressive stance against legal marijuana, rescinding Obama-era memos that shielded cannabis businesses legalized by states from a federal crackdown.

Based on where the candidates are today, the next Democratic administration is going to take a very different approach to marijuana.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/5/18250374/marijuana-legalization-2020-president-campaign

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Marijuana legalization is winning the 2020 Democratic primaries (Original Post) Uncle Joe Mar 2019 OP

Long overdue. The federal prohibition prevents seniors in fed-funded facilities from getting relief. JudyM Mar 2019 #1

I agree JudyM, it is long overdue. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #2

... and gerrymandering by "conservatives" and war for oil... JudyM Mar 2019 #3

... Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #4

JudyM

(29,236 posts)

1. Long overdue. The federal prohibition prevents seniors in fed-funded facilities from getting relief.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2019, 12:11 PM

Mar 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)

2. I agree JudyM, it is long overdue.

Reply to JudyM (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 5, 2019, 01:43 PM

Mar 2019

Too many lives have been ruined by cannabis prohibition, the for profit prison industry and the so called "War on Drugs."

Not to mention the disenfranchisement of millions of Americans that lost their right to vote.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided