House Democrats introduce a bill to legalize marijuana...

[PoliticAverse]

A group of House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a bill to legalize marijuana at the federal level and expunge the federal arrest records of those incarcerated for marijuana use and possession.

The bill, introduced by California Reps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna and co-sponsored by twelve House Democrats, is a companion to Sen. Cory Booker's Marijuana Justice Act, which Booker introduced to the Senate in 2017.

Beyond removing marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, the bill goes a step further to provide "restorative justice," to communities disproportionately affected by marijuana arrests and create an "inclusive industry from the ground up," Lee said in a Wednesday afternoon call with reporters.

Lee called the legislation, "a bold proposal to reverse decades of discriminatory drug enforcement and to bring federal marijuana policy in line with the wishes of the American people."

Read the rest at: http://www.businessinsider.com/marijuana-justice-act-marijuana-legalization-bill-introduced-in-house-2018-1

[msongs]

1. costs $1 to read the site at link nt

[Gore1FL]

5. It came up for me without issue.

What browser are you using? If Chrome, try right-clicking the link and opening it in an incognito window. That might get you past whatever you are running into.

[TomSlick]

2. My prediction:

Neither bill will make it to the floor.

[BobTheSubgenius]

3. Sadly, you are probably right.

Apart from all the other reasons that this bill SHOULD become law, and there are many, just the possibility of watching Sessions' head explode is more than enough, all by itself.

[TomSlick]

4. The Repugnants are all about State's rights unless they don't like what States are doing.

[GWC58]

11. You can subtract the word

“probably.” Pete Sessions will not bring ANY cannabis bill to the floor, per his bud the USAG! 😡

[George II]

6. As we used to say in the '60s, "groovy man"!

[Enoki33]

7. So proud of Oregon.

[hibbing]

8. Land of the free....unless

I'll be dead before I can get this legal in my state, it sucks.


Peace

[GWC58]

9. Im hoping Maryland gets

legalization of adult use, I don’t like the term “recreational, by way of a voter referendum this November. Because Sessions rescinding of the Cole Memo many drs in Maryland are getting out of the MMJ recommendation business. Maryland needs adult use now more than ever before.

[GWC58]

10. Land of the Free

depending on which state one resides in.