While many marijuana advocates disagree on the drug being a gateway drug, one congressman feels otherwise.
Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings said during an appearance on C-SPAN recently, “We know that marijuana has been known to be a gateway drug.”
Cummings addressed the importance of criminal justice reform during the segment, noting that in states like Colorado, adults are free to purchase and consume cannabis while in others, “people are being arrested for it.”
“We had started doing some significant criminal justice reform before the Trump administration came along—and basically, a lot of that then got either slowed down or almost brought to a halt,” he said. “We have to go back and begin to look at the situation for what it is.”
