(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Joined by four fellow candidates for the presidency, Sen. Cory Booker is reintroducing legislation that would legalize marijuana and expunge convictions for possessing the drug. “It’s not enough to simply decriminalize marijuana,” Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, said in a statement announcing the new version of his Marijuana Justice Act. “Hundreds of thousands of people are arrested for possession of marijuana every single year,” Sanders said in a statement. Booker’s bill points out the racial disparities in marijuana arrests and convictions, something several endorsers have emphasized. Khanna added that it was significant that every Democrat running for president had endorsed at least some path toward decriminalizing marijuana.

Source: Washington Post February 28, 2019 11:03 UTC