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NORML’s 2020 Democratic Primary Marijuana Straw Poll

NORML

The 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary is already heating up and we wanted to reach out to our supporters to take an early straw poll of who they think voters who prioritize marijuana law reform should support in that primary. Please review the information below and then cast a vote in our 2020 Democratic Primary Straw Poll!

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NORML Letter to NIDA: Prohibition Must Be Recognized as More Damaging than Marijuana Itself

NORML

” To those of us who have long advocated for social justice-based cannabis policy reforms, we know these unfortunate truths far too well. .” ” To those of us who have long advocated for social justice-based cannabis policy reforms, we know these unfortunate truths far too well. Sincerely, Erik Altieri.

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Report: A War on Us: How Much New Jersey Spends Enforcing the War on Drugs

Cannabis Law Report

A rational statewide drug policy requires that the coercive force of the criminal justice system be used constructively to influence far more people, numbering in the millions, than could ever be arrested, adjudicated, and sentenced.”. — Billion to Enforce the Drug War (2010-2019). New Jersey spent $11.6 Executive Summary. “.

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The Evolution of Kamala Harris’ Views On Marijuana

MassRoots

On Tuesday, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced he was selecting Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his running mate for the 2020 election. In 2010, while Harris was making a run for state attorney general, she came out against Proposition 19 — a bill designed to legalize and tax marijuana in California. .”

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Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Marijuana?

CannaMD

By the late 1980s, the initiative known as the War on Drugs , which was created by President Nixon, had escalated into the Zero Tolerance policies of the Regan years. Bush’s 1989 speech on a revised anti-drug policy, Biden responded on national television criticizing the plan as “not going far enough.” Looking To 2020.

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Reps. Dave Joyce and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Legislation To Expunge Marijuana Records

Cannabis Law Report

This bipartisan effort represents the growing consensus to reform marijuana policies in a manner that addresses the harms inflicted by prohibition,” said NORML Political Director Justin Strekal. “It Since 2010, state and local police have arrested an estimated 7.3 million Americans for violating marijuana laws.

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Here?s where the 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand on Cannabis

The Joint Blog

3, 2020 Americans will elect a new president- or re-elect the present President of the United States. Cory Gardner (R) of Colorado and Elizabeth Warren (D) of Massachusetts, that would allow states to write their own marijuana policies, remove marijuana from the list in the CSA, and decriminalize it federally.