Senator Corey Booker has introduced a bill that could correct an “unjust system.”
The senator has introduced a bill this week that would not only drop marijuana from the nation’s list of controlled substances, but also make it legal across the U.S.
Not only that but it would free thousands of inmates across America who are in prison for possession and trafficking.
“Descheduling marijuana and applying that change retroactively to people currently serving time for marijuana offenses is a necessary step,” Booker said, to correct an “unjust system.”
The bill would “automatically expunge federal marijuana use and possession crimes.”
“Our country’s drug laws are badly broken and need to be fixed,” Booker argued. “They don’t make our communities any safer—instead they divert critical resources from fighting violent crimes, tear families apart, unfairly impact low-income communities and communities of color, and waste billions in taxpayer dollars each year.”
Another Senator, Dianne Feinstein of California, is against his bill. She has said, “I’m not there. I think there’s a lot about marijuana we don’t know. I think marijuana has potential dangers to it.”
“I do not support a national, a federal effort to decriminalize marijuana,” Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins also said. “We’re in the midst of an opioid crisis in this country and I think the last thing we need is for the federal government to send a signal that marijuana should be legalized across this country.”