Bernie Sanders: If you want police reform, legalize marijuana June 21, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments National leaders and lawmakers have held ongoing conversations around criminal justice reform and racial injustices following George Floyd’s death by Minneapolis police. According to Sen. Bernie Sanders, one obvious place to start is legalizing marijuana. Sanders gave a speech on… Read More→
Lawyers Try To ‘Well, Actually’ Bernie Sanders Over Marijuana Legalization March 4, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments But it turns out he's (mostly) right. Bernie Sanders says a lot of stuff out there on the campaign trail to fire up his supporters. At a recent event in Los Angeles, he hit on an issue that’s a high… Read More→
Bernie Sanders says he would legalize marijuana by executive order August 8, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Legalizing marijuana has long been part of Bernie Sanders' policy platform: The Democratic presidential candidate has called for an end to the "destructive 'war on drugs" as part of his racial justice and criminal justice reform policies—along with eliminating private prisons, the death penalty,… Read More→
Bernie Sanders Backs Bill To Punish States With Bad Marijuana Laws April 19, 2018 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Several potential rival presidential candidates are teaming up on legislation to end the federal war on marijuana. On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is signing on as a cosponsor of the Marijuana Justice Act, introduced last year by Sen.… Read More→