Senator Cory Brooks is trying to change how the US Government deals with marijuana. He is looking to remove marijuana from the Schedule I narcotics list of the Federal Government.
The Marijuana Justice Act would prosecute anyone who locks up the poor for marijuana offenses. It also would prosecute anyone who treats minorities unfairly because of a similar offense.
Opinions On The Matter
Sen. Cory Gardner says “I think most people think members of Congress are high, so I don’t know if it matters much anyway.” He said this jokingly and then went on to speak in a more serious note.
He said that “it’s a conversation that Congress has to have. We should have committee hearings and we should have legislative debate on it.”
“More and more states are answering this question on their own, and it’s going to result in this sort of pell-mell collection of states defying federal law, and that has consequences” he commented.
He wasn’t the only one who had an opinion on the matter. Other law makers have view about the bill. They think it is time Congress takes laws in regard to pot more seriously.
They don’t have to agree or even accept Brooks’s legislation, but they should do something.
