Gavin Newsom Endorses Legal Marijuana Initiative
Gavin Newsom believes the time to legalize marijuana is now.
In an opinion piece published Monday by the Modesto Bee, California’s lieutenant governor gave his reasons for legalizing marijuana in the state, and supporting the Adult Use of Marijuana Act in particular.
“Increasingly, Californians understand the war on drugs has been an abject – and expensive – failure,” said Newsom, prefacing the need for cannabis law reform.
Newsom then described why marijuana legalization is important to the state:
“By establishing a legal, taxed and tightly regulated system, we can offer new protections for our kids, our communities and our environment, while adopting a best-practices framework for responsible adult marijuana use and its impacts. We can also raise much-needed revenues to expand drug treatment and prevention programs, and protect our public lands from the environmental and water impacts of illegal marijuana grows.”
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