Sen. Cory Booker puts marijuana legalization at the center of his new racial justice bill

[moonshaz]

Sen. Cory Booker on Wednesday introduced legislation that would legalize marijuana, expunge federal marijuana convictions and penalize states with racially-disparate arrest or incarceration rates for marijuana-related crimes. The changes are aimed at undoing some of the harm the nation's decades-long war on drugs has inflicted on poor and minority

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[lightframes]

I agree that it's not a waste of time. More and more people are starting to realize the war on drugs was a mistake so this will bring attention to that.

[natyanayaki]

i'm glad he's doing this!

[pairatime]

Tax it and move forward. Keeping it illegal creates far more problems than it ever solved.

[prehnite]

This is very good. I'd really like this to become a stepping stone to more Congresspeople coming out in favor of legalization, especially legalization tied to the expunging of all federal records for marijuana convictions, as in this bill. It seems that last part is barely thought about when talking about legalization and I'm glad Booker included it.