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conference for political progressives in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 3, 2018.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced a bill on Thursday to legalize marijuana nationwide as he mounts his presidential campaign.
Co-sponsors of the bill, known as the Marijuana Justice Act, include fellow 2020 Democratic contenders Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Kamala Harris of California and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Booker first introduced the bill in 2017, but it was not taken up for a vote.
The bill comes as increasing numbers of states are legalizing marijuana on the local level and public opinion has shifted in favor of legalization.
originally posted by: neo96
Of course the Brave New World needs it's soma.
originally posted by: Edumakated
a reply to: Xcalibur254
Republican leadership really lost an opportunity to do this when they had both houses. It would have really given them a big win and helped shake some of the Christian right stigma.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
conference for political progressives in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 3, 2018.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced a bill on Thursday to legalize marijuana nationwide as he mounts his presidential campaign.
Co-sponsors of the bill, known as the Marijuana Justice Act, include fellow 2020 Democratic contenders Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Kamala Harris of California and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Booker first introduced the bill in 2017, but it was not taken up for a vote.
The bill comes as increasing numbers of states are legalizing marijuana on the local level and public opinion has shifted in favor of legalization.
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Is this going to finally be the one that makes it through? My gut tells me no but with each one of these bills that gets proposed we get closer while politicians like McConnell look more and more out of touch.
I predict that if this law or one like it does not get passed before 2020 then legalization will be a major party platform for the Dems.
originally posted by: caterpillage
Legalization of Marijuana may just be the only issue the dems have to run on that isnt bat crap crazy.
It would garner them a lot of votes as well I'm sure.
originally posted by: putnam6
This should be something everybody can get behind....but think it will be stalled cause both sides just like fighting with each other until another election cycle comes around and they will use it as a vote for me issue. It's definitely a lose issue for the Republicans they ought to let go through, this isn't something to battle over.
(a) Marihuana removed from schedule of controlled substances.—Subsection (c) of schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) is amended—
(1) by striking “marihuana”; and
(2) by striking “tetrahydrocannabinols”.
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
Unless the bill also calls for the DEA to move it out of schedule 1 substances, all he is doing is handing the pharmaceutical companies more power than they already have.
Well, looking at the text of the bill itself, that is exactly what it does:
(a) Marihuana removed from schedule of controlled substances.—Subsection (c) of schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) is amended—
(1) by striking “marihuana”; and
(2) by striking “tetrahydrocannabinols”.
S.1689 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)
The bill also removes federal funding for incarceration and expunges criminal convictions for possession.
This is actually a good bill (imho) at a quick glance.
originally posted by: narrator
originally posted by: putnam6
This should be something everybody can get behind....but think it will be stalled cause both sides just like fighting with each other until another election cycle comes around and they will use it as a vote for me issue. It's definitely a lose issue for the Republicans they ought to let go through, this isn't something to battle over.
This, exactly. I had a thread yesterday arguing to get rid of political parties, one of the points that I made in it was that both parties tend to block bills that would be good for the country simply because the other "team" came up with the idea.
I can easily see that happening with this. Republicans block the bill now, then during the election cycle the present essentially the same bill, just so their team can win. (To clarify, I could see Dems doing the same thing if Reps came up with this bill).
This is an issue that doesn't deserve a fight, from either side. It's win-win, and Republicans would catch a lot of flak if they block it, it could be bad for the upcoming elections so there's really no reason to fight it.
Just pass it already.
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
Unless the bill also calls for the DEA to move it out of schedule 1 substances, all he is doing is handing the pharmaceutical companies more power than they already have.
Well, looking at the text of the bill itself, that is exactly what it does:
(a) Marihuana removed from schedule of controlled substances.—Subsection (c) of schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) is amended—
(1) by striking “marihuana”; and
(2) by striking “tetrahydrocannabinols”.
S.1689 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)
The bill also removes federal funding for incarceration and expunges criminal convictions for possession.
This is actually a good bill (imho) at a quick glance.
originally posted by: Edumakated
a reply to: Xcalibur254
Dont care for cory Booker but I'd support legalization.
Republican leadership really lost an opportunity to do this when they had both houses. It would have really given them a big win and helped shake some of the Christian right stigma.