* decriminalizes marijuana,
* removes it from the schedule system entirely,
* appears to just duct tape it to existing tobacco laws, and
* reinvests the funds in communities disproportionately effected by the "war on drugs"
just passed the House Rules Committee and goes up for vote in the house some time this week. The question is whether this will ever get through the senate
Everything in committee gets erased in 30 days, and will need to be reintroduced which requires your representative to: still be in the next session and still care about it instead of something relevant at that point in time.
Your bill is dead in the water.
This specific bill — which she knew would never even reach the floor of the Senate — was to counter her conservatism on drugs and incarceration as CA Attorney General.
She had one of — if not the — most "progressive" voting records in the Senate, but that's not to say she'll push these policies as VP or that they reflect what a Democratic majority would vote on (let alone pass.)
Is it really though? I assumed it was 100% for show, to have something they can use in campaign ads. I see 0% probability of it coming to the senate. So the House is just passing a bunch of laws that look good on their resume.
As a country, we are not there yet. 2022 Senate races are far too important to be trying to get ahead of where the country is. You lose suburban moms.
I think it's more of a generational thing.
“Ever” being sharply limited because the current Congress ends in a month and a day.
Also, no, it won't. Nor would it likely be signed into law even if it did.
A similar bill in the next Congress might have better prospects, maybe.
Many of the drug dealers just move on from marijuana to other illegal drugs. They don’t try to establish themselves with the drug they are selling.
Watch Hassan minhaj patriot act on the marijuana business. None of the benefits that marijuana legalization supporters rant about occurred.
If any benefit happens, it’s more people use the drug and that doesn’t benefit anyone.