(DCWatchdog.com) – Saying “it’s time to end the federal prohibition on cannabis,” United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, has introduced legislation to legalize marijuana at the federal level and allow states to act independently.
As Newsmax lays out in “Schumer: ‘It’s Time to End the Federal Prohibition on Cannabis’“:
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has released the long-awaited bill aimed at lifting the federal prohibition on marijuana.
“The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, unveiled Thursday by Schumer and Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., would decriminalize marijuana on a federal level and permit states to set their own laws without fear of punishment from Washington, Politico reported.” [emphasis added]
More specifically:
“Caitlyn Kim, a journalist for Colorado Public Radio News, tweeted: Schumer ‘calls it a framework that includes de-scheduling cannabis, encourages states to come up with their own laws, have rules to prevent youth access and impaired driving, expunge fed criminal records for non-violent cannabis offenses, creates opportunity trust fund to help communities.'” [emphasis added]
While passage in the Senate is not guaranteed, polling shows bipartisan support for the decriminalization of marijuana at the federal level.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has released the long-awaited bill aimed at lifting the federal prohibition on marijuana.https://t.co/JHKr4e0xEE
— Newsmax (@newsmax) July 21, 2022
