Thursday the pair plan together to unveil legislation to legalize marijuana. (NCAA drug testing shows increase in pot use)
According to a press release from the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the two congressmen will introduce “bi-partisan legislation tomorrow ending the federal war on marijuana and letting states legalize, regulate, tax, and control marijuana without federal interference.”
It will be the first bill ever introduced in Congress to end the federal ban on marijuana.
Reason reporter Mike Riggs reported Wednesday afternoon that the MPP is hopeful about the “momentum” the legislation could provide for the drug debate, but that they do not have any illusions about its feasibility.
“It’s definitely going to get a serious debate, probably more in the media than on the floor of the House,” MPP spokeswoman Morgan Fox said. “But I think it needs to be debated on the floor.”
Other co-sponsors include Tennessee Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen, Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers, Colorado Democratic Rep. Jared Polis and California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/22/barney-frank-and-ron-paul-unite-over-weed/#ixzz1Q9y0TrFD
We can’t come together on the budget, the wars or health care, but when reefer is up for debate, we’re kissin cousins. Will our children ever be able to explain to their children what our lawmakers were doing as the world was heating up, fanatics were getting their hands on nukes and the world in general was going to hell in a hand basket. Perhaps our children will be forced to tell their young ones; “pass me the bong and I will explain that bright flash and mushroom cloud?” Can we please get serious about the serious issues? It’s a sad, sad state when the only time our leaders can come together pertains to the issue of cannabis and golf.
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