Massachusetts is finally joining the pot-smoking team and planning on passing a bill to remove penalties for possession and small amounts of marijuana. They’ve finally come to this conclusion because they realize how far behind they are from the rest of the country. Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is the one proposing the bill.
The bill is being proposed for the following reasons according to local Utah news The Spectrum:
~We need a federal bill because we need to put an end to this fruitless, expensive prohibition once and for all.
~We need a federal bill because of the growing number of people across the nation who are clamoring for the legalization of marijuana for medicinal and recreational uses.
~We need a federal bill because the prohibition of marijuana is rooted in racism, fear and greed, not science.
The bill is being proposed for the following reasons according to local Utah news The Spectrum:
~We need a federal bill because we need to put an end to this fruitless, expensive prohibition once and for all.
~We need a federal bill because of the growing number of people across the nation who are clamoring for the legalization of marijuana for medicinal and recreational uses.
~We need a federal bill because the prohibition of marijuana is rooted in racism, fear and greed, not science.
“This bill is based on the 1972 National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse study commissioned by then-President Richard Nixon, which reported that "the use of drugs for pleasure or other non-medical purposes is not inherently irresponsible; alcohol is widely used as an acceptable part of social activities," and added, "the actual and potential harm of use of the drug is not great enough to justify intrusion by the criminal law into private behavior.”
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