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de·crim·i·nal·iz·ing
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We may actually be able to make some progress on the decriminalization side, at a certain point, if enough states end up decriminalizing, the Congress may then reschedule marijuana.
We have a mental health crisis in our country, and you have these pharmaceuticals that have all of these side effects and have all these other externalities, and here, you know, like I applaud Oregon for the step they took this last election, you know, decriminalizing small amounts of drugs, and realizing you can’t arrest your way out of addiction. … If you criminalize addiction, you have what we have, and that is one of the core tenants of mass incarceration.
At a certain point, if enough states end up decriminalizing, the Congress may then reschedule marijuana.
I really have been enjoying watching Larry Krasner, your new district attorney, take some commonsense approaches, like getting rid of police officers that shouldn't be testifying, decriminalizing possessions of marijuana, refusing to prosecute those kind of crimes, reducing or eliminating cash bail on a lot of different offenses.
There's a lot of misunderstanding about our proposal. What decriminalizing talks about is the laws that are used to criminalize adult consensual sex work, or selling of sex among consensual adults, it does not mean the removal of all laws that deal with exploitation, abuse, trafficking, involvement of children. Those laws are absolutely needed and are still absolutely relevant within a decriminalized system. We would never advocate for that, absolutely not.
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