'The significance of this bill finally being introduced in the Senate cannot be understated,' says DrugPolicyOrg's MaritzaCPerez as SenSchumer, SenBooker, and RonWyden introduce the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act.
—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sens. Cory Booker and Ron Wyden —put into developing it.
Maritza Perez, director of DPA's Office of Federal Affairs, declared that"the significance of this bill finally being introduced in the Senate cannot be understated."Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, the CAOA"would not only deschedule marijuana at the federal level, but it also begins to repair the extensive economic and societal tolls that have been caused by prohibition," Perez noted.
ACLU senior policy counsel Aamra Ahmad said that"if you want to know what systemic racism is, look no further than the war on drugs and marijuana enforcement—a Black person is 3.64 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than a white person, even though Black and white people use marijuana at similar rates.
Sirine Shebaya, executive director of the National Immigration Project, emphasized that the drug war has also"had devastating consequences for immigrant communities."
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