Bernie Sanders announces he will co-sponsor Marijuana Justice Act after years of work on marijuana policy. Years ago, Sen. Sanders introduced the first Senate bill to reschedule marijuana. This legislation also would have stopped private companies from running jails.
Sanders has been a longtime advocate for prison reform, and through it, marijuana policy change. When he ran for President, the Senator became the first serious candidate who said he would vote in favor of legalization.
Sanders’ support of the legislation drew praise from cannabis activists. “Leaders in the Democratic Party are increasingly recognizing that leading the charge on legalization is not only good policy, but good politics,” said NORML’s Justin Strekal in a statement. “The constituencies which the party claims to stand for are the ones who have most felt the weight and lifelong consequences of marijuana criminalization.”
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders became the third senator to sign on as a co-sponsor of Booker’s Marijuana Justice Act on Thursday, joining Oregon’s Ron Wyden and New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand.
One of Sen. Cory Booker’s potential rivals for the 2020 presidential nomination is backing his bid to legalize marijuana on the federal level.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders became the third senator to sign on as a co-sponsor of Booker’s Marijuana Justice Act on Thursday, joining Oregon’s Ron Wyden and New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand.