{"id":3321,"date":"2019-11-15T06:10:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T14:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2019-11-15T08:40:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T16:40:01","slug":"bernie-sanders-marijuana-legalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/bernie-sanders-marijuana-legalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders Wants To Legalize Marijuana Nationwide During First 100 Days In Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Bernie Sanders has released the official marijuana legalization plan he will put into action if he is elected president, including a commitment to legalize marijuana nationwide during his first 100 days in office.<\/p>\n

Sanders said he plans to make cannabis legal across the country, something that happened last year in Canada and may happen next year in Mexico, through the use of an executive order. He does not plan to go through Congress.<\/p>\n

Part Sanders\u2019 marijuana legalization plan involves creating a grant program for those in the minority community that will help them enter the cannabis business. It also would involve expunging the criminal records of those arrested for marijuana possession charges, something that has become a key component<\/a> of marijuana proposals across the country.<\/p>\n

Rolling Stone called<\/a> Sanders\u2019 measure \u201cone of the most ambitious marijuana legalization plans to date.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders Focuses on Fairness<\/h2>\n

On his website<\/a>, Sanders called his marijuana legalization plan needed reform after decades of the War on Drugs. \u201cWhen we talk about criminal justice reform and ending institutional racism in America, we are talking about ending the disastrous war on drugs, which has disproportionately targeted people of color and ruined the lives of millions of Americans,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

He noted that African Americans are almost four times more likely to get arrested for marijuana possession than white Americans, even though the marijuana use rate is about the same among all races.<\/p>\n

Sanders also asked why a person can get arrested for smoking marijuana in 2019 but \u201cnot one of the crooks on Wall Street went to jail for nearly destroying the economy 11 years ago?\u201d<\/p>\n

Highlights of Bernie Sander\u2019s Plan<\/h2>\n

The ambitious plan has many different facets. Here is a look at some of the highlights of the plan.<\/p>\n

Expunging Marijuana Arrests<\/h3>\n

Sanders wants to create a system in which all marijuana arrests at the federal and state level are reviewed and a determination is made if the arrest is eligible to be expunged.<\/p>\n

Reinvesting Marijuana Tax Dollars<\/h3>\n

Taxes collected through marijuana sales would create a $50 billion fund for grant programs and community development funds, according to the Burlington Free Press<\/a>.\u00a0 That would include $20 million for entrepreneurs of color, $10 billion in grants to businesses that are at least 51% owned by people who live in areas \u201cdisproportionately affected by the drug war,\u201d $10 billion for those with past drug convictions to start marijuana farms and $10 billion for a targeted economic and community development fund.<\/p>\n

Keeping Tobacco Out of Marijuana<\/h3>\n

Sanders\u2019 marijuana legalization plan also would ban Big Tobacco from entering the marijuana business. The idea is to keep a diverse mix of businesses entering the industry, which often has high licensing fees that keep smaller businesses from getting in.<\/p>\n

How Sanders Will Start Cannabis Legalization<\/h2>\n

On his website, Sanders said he would get the ball rolling by immediately directing his attorney general to declassify marijuana as a controlled substance. He also plans to nominate an attorney general, Health and Human Services Director and DEA administrator \u201cwho will all work to aggressively end the drug war and legalize marijuana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sander’s site noted that these moves also would allow financial institutions to extend services to marijuana companies and \u201censure permanent legalization of marijuana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rolling Stone wrote that the Sanders\u2019 marijuana legalization plan is unique because it \u201ctakes a comprehensive and more long-term approach toward the cannabis marketplace, and ensures that small business owners will be able to have a piece of the pie.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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