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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Bernie Sanders files Senate bill to end federal ban on marijuana 🌿Bernie Sanders files Senate bill to end federal ban on marijuana
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has now moved forward with his support for cannabis, filing a bill to decriminalize pot and nix it from the government’s list of most dangerous drugs.
He submitted the bill, entitled Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2015, to the Senate on Wednesday, seeking to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act. The legislation would let all 50 states decide for themselves whether they want to legalize pot for recreational or medical use without federal intervention.
“In my view, the time is long overdue for us to remove the federal prohibition on marijuana,” Sanders said during his speech at George Mason University on October 28. “In my view, states should have the right to regulate marijuana the same way that state and local laws now govern the sale of alcohol and tobacco.”
Sanders’ bill also proposes removing marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration's list of the...
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