Beto O'Rourke calls on Texas to decriminalize pot, stop arresting so many students
AUSTIN — While U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has aired ads questioning his Democratic opponent’s support for less punitive drug laws, Congressman Beto O’Rourke isn’t backing down.
On Tuesday, O’Rourke repeated his call for decriminalizing the possession and sale of small amounts of marijuana.
And the three-term U.S. House member linked current pot laws to what he described as too many arrests of students, a trend he said foolishly stunts young lives at a stiff cost to taxpayers.
“A school-to-prison pipeline has produced the largest prison population on the face of the planet,” O’Rourke said at a rally at the Texas Capitol.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/08/28/beto-orourke-calls-texas-decriminalize-pot-stop-arresting-many-students
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