Booker notes Black people are almost four times more likely to be arrested than white people even though they use cannabis at the same rate.
, “Decriminalizing cannabis at the federal level: Necessary steps to address past harms.”
No witnesses have been announced yet and the hearing will be held around the time Booker, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have said they plan to introduceBooker has said that more than half of all drug arrests involve marijuana, and Black people are almost four times more likely to be arrested than white people even though they use cannabis at the same rate.
asked President Joe Biden to use its existing powers to remove cannabis from the list of Schedule I drugs, which also includes heroin, and to pardon all individuals convicted of nonviolent marijuana crimes. Ending the federal ban on marijuana would allow states to legalize cannabis without running afoul of U.S. law. Many, including New Jersey, have not waited for the federal government to act and allow sales of cannabis within their own borders.in 2017, proposing to end the federal ban on cannabis.
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