Chuck Schumer is introducing legislation to 'decriminalize' marijuana at the federal level
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- Sen. Chuck Schumer is introducing legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level as early as next week.
- Schumer joins a growing chorus of bipartisan lawmakers who are advocating for marijuana legalization.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, is introducing a bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level.
"Ultimately, it’s the right thing to do. Freedom. If smoking marijuana doesn’t hurt anybody else, why shouldn’t we allow people to do it and not make it criminal?" Schumer told Vice News in an interview airing on Thursday evening. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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