Ron Strider
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Democratic U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii took to the House floor Tuesday, March 21, and urged her colleagues to support the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act (H.R. 1227), which she introduced in February with Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Garrett of Virginia.
"We are seeking to address our outdated and widely problematic marijuana laws by federally decriminalizing marijuana," the congresswoman said Tuesday.
Gabbard cited FBI reports that revealed in 2011 someone was arrested in the U.S. for a nonviolent marijuana offense every 42 seconds, and that most of those arrests took place in poor and minority communities.
"Our current laws are turning everyday Americans into criminals, sending them to jail, ruining their lives, tearing families apart and wasting huge amounts of taxpayer dollars to arrest, prosecute and incarcerate people for marijuana use — a drug that has been proven time and time again to be far less dangerous than alcohol, both for individual consumers as well as for the people around them," Gabbard said.
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"We are seeking to address our outdated and widely problematic marijuana laws by federally decriminalizing marijuana," the congresswoman said Tuesday.
Gabbard cited FBI reports that revealed in 2011 someone was arrested in the U.S. for a nonviolent marijuana offense every 42 seconds, and that most of those arrests took place in poor and minority communities.
"Our current laws are turning everyday Americans into criminals, sending them to jail, ruining their lives, tearing families apart and wasting huge amounts of taxpayer dollars to arrest, prosecute and incarcerate people for marijuana use — a drug that has been proven time and time again to be far less dangerous than alcohol, both for individual consumers as well as for the people around them," Gabbard said.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard pushes for federal marijuana decriminalization
Author: Emily Gray Brosious
Contact: Contact Us
Photo Credit: Thos Robinson
Website: Extract | National marijuana news, culture and information
