‘Cannabis Prohibition Has Failed’: Cory Booker Supports Bill To Legalize Marijuana
‘Cannabis Prohibition Has Failed’: Cory Booker Supports Bill To Legalize Marijuana
During a Senate Judiciary hearing last week, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) gave opening remarks about legalizing marijuana.
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Glad to see senator Cory Booker using his efforts and time more wisely.
The more people use drugs the less they care about anything especially voting. Never have I seen a drug addict voting🎯
If a horrible drug like Alcohol can get a pass, its time for Marijuana to get a pass… Legalize 2022
You don’t need to get high! I was a pothead in the 70’s and continued to smoke it for quite a few years until one day I just stopped because it’s not anything I want interfering with my own intuition which is the REAL high
If you’re not careful,
legalizing it can also fail. California ruined it by charging 25+% tax.
Cannabis consumers deserve and demand equal rights and protections under our laws that are currently afforded to the drinkers of far more dangerous and deadly, yet perfectly legal, widely accepted, endlessly advertised and even glorified as an All-American pastime, alcohol.
Plain and simple!
Legalize Nationwide Federally Now!
I guess crack will be next
So I live in Washington state and we made the foolish decision to legalize marijuana yeah the only problem is is you know the potheads get the munchies right they don’t steal they don’t Rob people they don’t mug people yada yada yada right well guess what that was wrong once we legalized it here the device went up in fact the DUIs that are caused by marijuana is actually surpassing the DUI’s caused by alcohol right now at my job and other factories around the state they’re complaining about their employees lighting up on company grounds in the parking lots or going to neighboring parking lots and smoking pot in there many work related accidents are happening because they’re high we saw a rise and domestic violence the aggressor was high on pot we’re seeing an increase in crime and now we have potheads robbing people’s homes mugging people on the street stealing cars Etc we’re actually seeing them engaging in behaviors similar as to what you will see the strung out meth heads and I also blame that Designer weed they’re selling in the weed shops I think it’s more addictive if you think about it and you look back at cigarettes they made a more addictive and look at the problem that people can’t shake that the funny thing is the organic weed that’s coming across from the cartels and whatnot people aren’t as addictive and doing these things for but this designer weed and a weed shops got them strung out and crazy do not allow your state to legalize marijuana I hate to say this but it was better when marijuana was something that people did on the down low we didn’t see these problems then now I’m kind of wishing that we would have an initiative to overturn the legalization of marijuana law here in Washington State
I support the legalization of cannabis
Tax it
This needs to be legalized already. The biden administration wants to increase taxes in the middle and lower class even more , not to mention there’s NO JOBS
Gee, isn’t there LOW INCOME. whites? Racist.
Cannabis consumers deserve and demand equal rights and protections under our laws that are currently afforded to the drinkers of far more dangerous and deadly, yet perfectly legal, widely accepted, endlessly advertised and even glorified as an All-American pastime, alcohol.
Plain and simple!
Legalize Nationwide Federally Now!
Have to release all the people charged for possession and distribution.
Keep the citizens meditated and distracted. This is really a pressing issue? Not Local manufacturers, the economy, oil and energy production… getting ppl high is absolutely at the front of the list of issues to address! Not only that… but Hurry up and get big tobacco in the weed game. Destroying small entrepreneurs and taking back wealth and negatively effecting the welfare of the citizens overall.
Our government amazes me everyday
God made it🌴egalize it!!!
No Senator, you’re party has failed. You can get legal weed and street weed so whats the point to this? Oh I know, you want that tax money. Not out of my pocket chief.
Please Lord stop them now!🙏
There is absolutely no doubt now that the majority of Americans want to completely legalize cannabis nationwide. Our numbers grow on a daily basis.
The prohibitionist view on cannabis is the viewpoint of a minority and rapidly shrinking percentage of Americans. It is based upon decades of lies and propaganda.
Each and every tired old lie they have propagated has been thoroughly proven false by both science and society.
Their tired old rhetoric no longer holds any validity. The vast majority of Americans have seen through the sham of cannabis prohibition in this day and age. The number of prohibitionists left shrinks on a daily basis.
With their credibility shattered, and their not so hidden agendas visible to a much wiser public, what’s left for a cannabis prohibitionist to do?
Maybe, just come to terms with the fact that Cannabis Legalization Nationwide is an inevitable reality that’s approaching much sooner than prohibitionists think, and there is nothing they can do to stop it!
Legalize Nationwide!…and Support All Cannabis Legalization Efforts!
He can’t get votes any other way.
I am not against legalizing marijuana. But the law of the land is the law of the land. If you break the law you go to jail deal with it. You made a decision so live with your decision
CBD with zero THC has changed my life and I never have to take certain medications again because I take a small amount of CBD every day. It’s insane that a plant that provides a large amount of health benefits is on the same page as heroin.
You guys have wasted so much money on this drug war and failed miserably to help any of it other than yourself with financial gain. You guys are truly worse because you profit off of others downfall
White people go to jail on drug charges too stop being racist only during election time
I hear money dropping in his deep pockets. 🤦♀️
Wow. Corey Booker finally said something that makes sense
Prohibiting morons from becoming politicians has also failed.
Pot is leagle where I live and will put big pharma out of business the c.b.d oral oil knocks my pain out were gabapentin and cyclobenzaprine at the max dose does not touch my pain one dropper full and I am pain free for up to 6 hours the world can benefit if government would do their job instead of trying to control the world
In the prohibitionist’s world, anybody who consumes the slightest amount of cannabis responsibly in the privacy of their own homes are "stoners" and "dopers" that need to be incarcerated in order to to protect society.
In their world, any cannabis use equates to cannabis abuse, and it is their God given duty to worry about "saving us all" from the "evils" of cannabis use.
Who are they to tell us we can’t choose cannabis, the safer choice instead of alcohol for relaxation, after a long, hard day, in the privacy of our own homes?
People who consume cannabis are smart, honest, hard working, educated, and successful people too, who "follow the law" also.(except for their cannabis consumption under it’s current prohibition of course) .
Not the stereotypical live at home losers prohibitionists make them out to be. They are doctors, lawyers, professors, movie stars, and politicians too.
Several Presidents of The United States themselves, along with Justin Trudeau, Bill Gates, and Carl Sagan have all confessed to their cannabis use. As have a long and extensive list of successful people throughout history at one point or other in their lives.
Although that doesn’t mean a dam thing to people who will make comments like "dopers" and "stoners" about anybody who uses the slightest amount of cannabis although it is way safer than alcohol.
To these people any use equals abuse, and that is really ignorant and full of hypocrisy. While our society promotes, advertises, and even glorifies alcohol consumption like it’s an All American pastime.
There is nothing worse about relaxing with a little cannabis after a long hard day than having a drink or two of alcohol.
So come off those high horses of yours. Who are you to dictate to the rest of society that we can’t enjoy cannabis, the safer choice over alcohol, in the privacy of our own homes?
We’ve worked real hard our whole lives to provide for our loved ones. We don’t appreciate prohibitionists trying to impose their will and morals upon us all.
Has a cannabis consumer ever forced you to use it? Probably not. So nobody has the right to force anybody not to either.
Don’t try to impose your morality and "clean living" upon everybody else with Draconian Cannabis Laws, and we won’t think you’re such prohibitionist hypocrites.
Legalize Nationwide! Support Each and Every Cannabis Legalization Initiative!
Legalize Cannabis 2022!!!!
I don’t like Cory much but I support his efforts here.
Spartacus booker 🤣🤣
Amen my parents where certainly a part of the hippie movement I have relatives who r still being victimized by the effects of Vietnam….and now I have classmate who r certainly effected by dessert storm and the murder of bin laden….
Fear of Cannabis Legalization Nationwide is unfounded. Not based on any science or fact whatsoever. So please prohibitionists, we beg you to give your scare tactics, "Conspiracy Theories" and "Doomsday Scenarios" over the inevitable Legalization of Cannabis Nationwide a rest. Nobody is buying them anymore these days. Okay?
Furthermore, if all prohibitionists get when they look into that nice, big and shiny crystal ball of theirs, while wondering about the future of cannabis legalization, is horror, doom, and despair, well then I suggest they return that thing as quickly as possible and reclaim the money they shelled out for it, since it’s obviously defective.
The prohibition of cannabis has not decreased the supply nor the demand for cannabis at all. Not one single iota, and it never will. Just a huge and complete waste of our tax dollars to continue criminalizing citizens for choosing a natural, non-toxic, relatively benign plant proven to be much safer than alcohol.
If prohibitionists are going to take it upon themselves to worry about "saving us all" from ourselves, then they need to start with the drug that causes more death and destruction than every other drug in the world COMBINED, which is alcohol!
Why do prohibitionists feel the continued need to vilify and demonize cannabis when they could more wisely focus their efforts on a real, proven killer, alcohol, which again causes more destruction, violence, and death than all other drugs, COMBINED?
Prohibitionists really should get their priorities straight and/or practice a little live and let live. They’ll live longer, happier, and healthier, with a lot less stress if they refrain from being bent on trying to control others through Draconian Cannabis Laws.
Not sure if this is a Woketard issue or N*zi issue … I just need weed, ya feel me ??? It got me off Liquor/Coke and stops my bad dreams as I don’t dream, just sleep good.
I love the feeling it gives you, you appreciate " stuff " more and music relates to one’s self.
Blesses. Weed is a life-tolerant. If you don’t smoke it, fine 🙏🤍 Just leave us " tolerant folk " alone.
KANSAS CITY POT FARMER SONG $$
I got out my pipe stuffed it with pot
You better believe it held a whole lot.
I whipped out a lighter thumbed up a flame
Sucked down that smoke which comforts my brain.
I tried alcohol smoked cigarettes
They did nothing but give me regrets.
My mom had arthritis could not walk around
I rolled her a joint she danced on the ground.
I thought I was losing my lovemaking knack
After I smoked some to me it came back.
Soon I decided prices were high
I searched for some ground I wouldn’t have to buy.
I bargained for seeds from smokers all around
Got in my truck and drove out of town.
I walked through the woods where wild birds nest
Found me the meadow I thought was the best.
I dug up the ground sowed all my seeds
Said a small prayer for strong, healthy weeds.
I watered at night with a five-gallon pail
Mosquitoes went hungry for I wore a veil.
Seven months went by; I thought I would die
Till the Halloween moon was high in the sky.
At night I went out, in a camouflage suit
Used my corn knife to chop down the loot.
I hung it up to dry where it couldn’t be found.
Came back and got it, when it had turned brown.
I trimmed off the buds, stuffed them in bags
Called all my friends and passed out free drags.
In less than a week my crop was gone
I flew to St. Thomas with a love hungry blonde!!
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It’s time for us, the majority of The People to take back control of our national cannabis policy. By voting OUT of office any and all politicians who very publicly and vocally admit to having an anti-cannabis, prohibitionist agenda! Time to vote’em all OUT of office. Period. Plain and simple.
Politicians who continue to demonize Cannabis, Corrupt Law Enforcement Officials who prefer to ruin peoples lives over Cannabis possession rather than solve real crimes who fund their departments toys and salaries with monies acquired through cannabis home raids, seizures and forfeitures, and so-called "Addiction Specialists" who make their income off of the judicial misfortunes of our citizens who choose cannabis, – Your actions go against The Will of The People and Your Days In Office Are Numbered! Find new careers before you don’t have one.
The People have spoken! Get on-board with Cannabis Legalization Nationwide, or be left behind and find new careers. Your choice.
The "War on Cannabis" has been a complete and utter failure. It is the largest component of the broader yet equally unsuccessful "War on Drugs" that has cost our country over a trillion dollars.
Instead of The United States wasting Billions upon Billions more of our yearly tax dollars fighting a never ending "War on Cannabis", lets generate Billions of dollars, and improve the deficit instead. Especially now, due to Covid-19. It’s a no brainer.
The Prohibition of Cannabis has also ruined the lives of many of our loved ones. In numbers greater than any other nation, our loved ones are being sent to jail and are being given permanent criminal records. Especially, if they happen to be of the "wrong" skin color or they happen to be from the "wrong" neighborhood. Which ruin their chances of employment for the rest of their lives, and for what reason?
Cannabis is much safer to consume than alcohol. Yet do we lock people up for choosing to drink?
Let’s end this hypocrisy now!
The government should never attempt to legislate morality by creating victim-less cannabis "crimes" because it simply does not work and costs the taxpayers a fortune.
Cannabis Legalization Nationwide is an inevitable reality that’s approaching much sooner than prohibitionists think and there is nothing they can do to stop it!
Legalize Nationwide! Support Each and Every Cannabis Legalization Initiative!
What we certainly don’t need are anymore people who feel justified in appointing themselves to be self-deputized morality police.
We are very capable of choosing for ourselves if we want to consume cannabis, a far less dangerous choice over alcohol, and we definitely don’t need anyone dictating how we should live our own lives.
We can’t just lock up everyone who does things prohibitionists don’t personally approve of.
Cannabis Consumers Are Not Criminals!
End the systematically failed both state and federal policies of criminalizing consumers of a natural, relatively benign plant, proven to be far safer than perfectly legal, widely accepted alcohol and tobacco.
End The Federal Prohibition of Cannabis Now!
Legalize Nationwide! State by state if need be!
It’s time our country wakes up and learns from our history.
Prohibition does not prevent people from consuming cannabis. The demand will be there always and therefore cannabis will always be served up to the public regardless of cannabis prohibition laws. The alcohol prohibition era criminal organizations and gangsters such as Al Capone of yesteryear are the Pablo Escobar, El Chapo and drug cartels of today.
The Temperance Movement didn’t catch on and last in part because it was a dead horse from the start.
Prohibition only serves to further fuel the vast wealth and corruption, violence and death attributed to the criminal organizations which flourish under it. By providing cannabis to meet the continual demand at inflated prices. Just like with alcohol, cannabis prohibition doesn’t work, makes no sense, and costs the tax payers a fortune yearly.
Legalization creates jobs, improves the economy and let’s us as a nation focus the wasted resources currently used to criminalize citizens over cannabis towards things much more needed and useful.
This is how freedoms get taken away from The People. First, a small minority doesn’t morally approve of cannabis. Tomorrow, it’s R-Rated movies, certain books and literature and eventually that minority aspires to make every citizen conform to their personal sense of morality through laws which criminalize everything that they personally don’t approve of.
Tell us something prohibitionists:
Why do you feel justified in endlessly wasting billions upon billions of our yearly federal tax dollars continuing to arrest, criminalize, incarcerate, and hand out life long permanent criminal records to otherwise hard-working, tax-paying, adult citizens for choosing to consume cannabis although it is far safer than perfectly legal, widely accepted alcohol?
Shouldn’t their first and foremost priority be protesting the legality of alcohol if they really aren’t just biased and truly so "concerned" about other people on what those whom oppose cannabis legalization deem to be a "dangerous drug"?
Why do the anti-cannabis folk apply such a blatantly obvious unfair double standard to far less dangerous cannabis that they obviously don’t apply equally to far more deadly, dangerous and harmful yet perfectly legal, widely accepted alcohol?
Legalize Nationwide!
Marijuana needs to be federally legalized let the states deal with it
The New American cartels are lefty politicians
Sure he wants to "legalize" it,… meaning the government will micro-manage the industry with ridiculous regulations that do nothing but drive the price up, and then tax it to death on top of that.
Resulting in a situation where the black market still exists because the average pot head can’t afford legal marijuana. Middle class retirees and suburban soccer moms will love it though.
Weed needs to be legal for adults! It’s good for your health, used properly, gets people off pain medication I’m one of those, helps fight cancer, makes a great material for cars and building that easy to regrow, you can make paper and clothing.
This is ridiculous. Anyone with half a brain cell knows this.
Bout time
Says the same guy who wants to ban guns. What a dip shtick.
This is the only thing I think I could agree with Booker on. Legalize weed already!
Hey look another reason gun bans won’t work
You know Dems are desperate when they finally pull this card lol
I don’t like Democrats but I support them on legalizing cannabis federally