Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Pushing To Advance Federal Legalization of Cannabis

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On the heels of his home state ending pot prohibition, Sen. Chuck Schumer wants legalization to go national. Everything bad would happen,” Schumer told Politico. “The legalization of states worked out remarkably well. Despite that, marijuana remains illegal on the federal level under the Controlled Substances Act.  “In 2018, I was the first member of the Democratic leadership to come out in support of ending the federal prohibition. Since then, more than a dozen other states have followed suit, something Schumer said contributed to his own evolution on the matter.

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On the heels of his home state ending pot prohibition, Sen. Chuck Schumer wants legalization to go national.

In an interview with Politico last week, the Senate Majority Leader said he is ready to bring a marijuana legalization bill to the senate floor—whether President Joe Biden is fully on board or not.

“We will move forward,” Schumer said. “[Biden] said he’s studying the issue, so [I] obviously want to give him a little time to study...

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