“Racial justice and cannabis decriminalization are intertwined and the former cannot be achieved without the latter.'
, a move that could end the conflict with dozens of states, including New Jersey, that have legalized weed.would removing cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans with PTSD, and expunge certain convictions.
The vote was largely along party lines, 220-204, with two Democrats voting no and three Republicans voting yes. All 10 New Jersey Democrats supported the bill and both Republicans opposed it. The legislation would not make cannabis legal but rather enable states to legalize the drug without running afoul of federal law, while ending a war on drugs that saw minorities four times more likely than whites to be arrested for possession of weed.
Republicans criticized the House Democratic majority from bringing up the legislation for a vote while the war in Ukraine was raging, inflation was rising and gas prices were at record levels.
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