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Marijuana Justice Act Gains Momentum In Senate
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-justice-act-gains-momentum-senate/A Democratic senator who many political observers believe will run for her party’s presidential nomination in 2020 is joining another possible contender in supporting the most far-reaching marijuana legislation ever to be considered in Congress.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) on Wednesday signed on as the latest cosponsor of the Marijuana Justice Act, a bill that Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) filed last August.
The bill would not only remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act so that states could legalize without federal interference, but would also withhold funding from states that maintain prohibition and continue racially disproportionate arrest and incarceration rates for cannabis.
In a Facebook Live video, Gillibrand cited the fact that marijuana usage rates are virtually identical across racial lines while people of color are more likely to be arrested, convicted and sentenced for it.
