Democratic Congressmen Seek To Legalize Marijuana

The Daily Caller reports:

Two Democratic congressmen are tapping into what they call a “groundswell of public opinion” by introducing legislation to legalize marijuana on the federal level, tax it and regulate it like alcohol and tobacco.  Colorado Rep. Jared Polis introduced the Ending Marijuana Prohibition Act on Tuesday. The bill would remove marijuana from the schedule of controlled substances and prohibit the Drug Enforcement Administration from regulating it. If passed, it would mean that states would be free to set their own marijuana policies without the threat of federal intervention, which is currently the greatest hurdle to the pot industries in Colorado and Washington, which legalized the adult recreational use of marijuana by wide margins in November...  “Americans have increasingly come to the conclusion that the drug war is a failed policy,” Polis said. “Americans are sick and tired of the cost of the war on drugs, whether we’re talking about the financial costs in a time of deficits or whether we’re talking about the human costs.” Polis said there has been an “enormous evolution” in public sentiment toward marijuana and that legalization is “an idea whose time has come.”

This Congressman is correct.  It is time to return this matter to the States and take it out of the hands of the federal government.

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