Thread: Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer just says yes to marijuana legalization

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer just says yes to marijuana legalization

Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY
Published 6:28 p.m. ET April 19, 2018

WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Democrat — Charles Schumer of New York— plans to endorse legislation that would decriminalize marijuana.

"If smoking marijuana doesn’t hurt anybody else, why shouldn’t we allow people to do it and not make it criminal?” Schumer told VICE News, according to a partial transcript released by the outlet on Thursday.

Schumer plans to introduce legislation in the coming days that would remove marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Agency's list of controlled substances and let states decide how to regulate the drug, according to the VICE interview, which was scheduled to air Thursday evening.

It's a shift for Schumer, who has not previously supported decriminalizing pot for recreational use. And it gives supporters of marijuana a high-profile new ally as they try to expand legalization.

“I’m doing it because I think it’s the right thing to do. I’ve seen too many people’s lives ruined by the criminalization,” Schumer says in the VICE interview. “The best thing to do is let each state decide on its own.”

When asked if he had ever smoked pot himself, Schumer said no.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ion/534415002/

Good!

Cory Gardner, Republican, in the House is introducing his bill soon.

Schumer, Democrat, in the Senate is introducing his bill soon.

President Trump, Republican, will sign the bill if it passes Congress and I sure hope it does.

Oh my goodness, this is so great for our country. I know people have a lot of concerns and consternation, but you'll see, there will be so many advantages for so many millions of Americans who have been criminalized and felonized by these bad laws, so this will go a long ways towards solving so many problems for all Americans, including reducing illegal immigration and illegal trafficking at the borders. People who live in states that don't want legal pot, can still ban it or limit it or choose to do whatever they want to do about it.

This is what you get when greed wins out over commonsense.

Actually this is what happens when American interests prevail over foreign interests.

AMERICA FIRST!!! HIRE AMERICAN! BUY AMERICAN!

Judy wrote (excerpt):

Oh my goodness, this is so great for our country. I know people have a lot of concerns and consternation, but you'll see, there will be so many advantages for so many millions of Americans who have been criminalized and felonized by these bad laws, so this will go a long ways towards solving so many problems for all Americans, including reducing illegal immigration and illegal trafficking at the borders. People who live in states that don't want legal pot, can still ban it or limit it or choose to do whatever they want to do about it.

Legalizing marijuana will have zero effect on reducing illegal immigration or illegal trafficking at the border. There is no logic or data to support such a claim.

Those who willfully choose to break the law, including illegal drug manufacturers, traffickers and distributors are getting exactly what is called for under the law.

We'll see who's right and who's not.

Originally Posted by Judy

I’m doing it because I think it’s the right thing to do.

There's a convincing argument. If Chucky thinks it's right, that is conclusive evidence that it is good.

Originally Posted by Judy

AMERICA FIRST!!! HIRE AMERICAN! BUY AMERICAN!

All about money!

Originally Posted by Judy

We'll see who's right and who's not.

As logical as a Beatles song:
Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright
Think of what I'm saying
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night

That song didn't say either one was right. But like going to ObamaCare, if your wrong, we will have lost so much ground.

I wasn't that much of a Beatles Fan, I liked the Beach Boys.