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The U.S. House bill that would fully legalize marijuana can’t go into effect quickly enough.
The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act faces several legislative hurdles before it could clear the Senate and reach President Joe Biden’s desk, but who could possibly disagree, at this point, that federal approval and regulation are the right things?
In fact, it’s probably the only thing that the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter crowds would agree upon.
Full federal legalization would clear up a racial disparity that should embarrass all of us. There are scores of people locked up for selling or distributing marijuana, often ethnic minorities from overpoliced communities; meanwhile a flood of entrepreneurs, an overwhelming majority of whom are white, are getting rich from the same activity.
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It's an Op-Ed piece but both of them do advocate federal decriminalize.
The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act faces several legislative hurdles before it could clear the Senate and reach President Joe Biden’s desk, but who could possibly disagree, at this point, that federal approval and regulation are the right things?
In fact, it’s probably the only thing that the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter crowds would agree upon.
Full federal legalization would clear up a racial disparity that should embarrass all of us. There are scores of people locked up for selling or distributing marijuana, often ethnic minorities from overpoliced communities; meanwhile a flood of entrepreneurs, an overwhelming majority of whom are white, are getting rich from the same activity.
Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter can disagree on everything ... except marijuana
This may be the only thing on which Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter activists can agree: A federal bill legalizing marijuana is long overdue.
www.azcentral.com
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It's an Op-Ed piece but both of them do advocate federal decriminalize.
