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New Senate Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide

Posted By: Liam77
Date: Sunday, 3-March-2019 08:34:10


https://eraoflight.com/2019/03/03/new-senate-bill-would-legalize-marijuana-nationwide/

Take Two

For the second time, Senator Cory Booker announced a bill to make recreational marijuana use legal across the entire U.S. The Marijuana Justice Act, which Booker and Representatives Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna announced on Thursday, would not only legalize marijuana but also retroactively erase marijuana possession charges from Americans’ criminal records, according to Rolling Stone — a monumental shift in U.S. drug policy.

Party Lines

Cory Booker, a 2020 Democratic hopeful, first introduced a similar bill in 2017 that didn’t make it out of the Senate. Still, Booker has made it clear that a major component of his presidential bid will center around ending the War on Drugs, which has led to the over-policing and incarceration of racial minorities for nonviolent crimes.

“The failed War on Drugs has really been a war on people — disproportionately criminalizing poor people, people of color & people with mental illness,” Booker tweeted Thursday morning. “I’m reintroducing the [Marijuana Justice] Act to begin reversing our failed federal drug policies.”

So far, other Democratic candidates Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Kamala Harris have all co-sponsored Booker’s new bill, according to NPR. Meanwhile, Senator Ron Wyden introduced a similar bill earlier this month.

Righting Wrongs

A major component of the Marijuana Justice Act is its retroactive effect on people who were previously charged for marijuana possession and either served time in prison or are still incarcerated.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reports that black people are four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people, despite similar rates of drug use.

When various states have legalized recreational marijuana, it largely benefited wealthy, white business owners who opened up distribution centers. Meanwhile, black people continued to be arrested at higher rates and the predominantly-black cohort currently in prison remained there, Vox reports.

Left Behind

If Booker’s bill makes it through the Senate this time, those people wouldn’t be left behind.

The new bill would allow people currently in prison for possession to appeal for re-sentencing. People who already served time would have their criminal records expunged, according to Rolling Stone.

“It’s not enough to simply decriminalize marijuana. We must also repair the damage caused by reinvesting in those communities that have been most harmed by the War on Drugs,” Booker said in a statement sent to Rolling Stone. “And we must expunge the records of those who have served their time. The end we seek is not just legalization, it’s justice.”


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