Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
Advocates for marijuana legalization and criminal justice are lauding a bill Sen. Cory Booker introduced on Tuesday to end federal prohibition of pot and offer financial assistance to communities devastated by the War on Drugs. 'The War on Drugs has had disparate harm on low-income communities and communities of color. It's time to rectify that.
Marijuana Majority founder and chairman Tom Angell called it 'the single most far-reaching marijuana bill that's ever been filed in either chamber of Congress,' adding: 'Polls increasingly show growing majority voter support for legalization, so this is something that more senators should be signing on to right away.' In April, a CBS News poll found that more than 60 percent of Americans believe weed should be legalized, and nearly 90 percent support medical use of the drug.
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