Sen. Cory Booker (D-N. J.) introduced a bill Thursday to legalize marijuana across the country. The 2020 presidential hopeful has made criminal justice reform and…
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N. J.) introduced a bill Thursday to legalize marijuana across the country.
The 2020 presidential hopeful has made criminal justice reform and social justice issues central to his campaign and is framing the marijuana legalization bill as such.
“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 press release announcing the legislation. “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.
