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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker isn't fighting against the war on drugs by himself. His legislation to end the federal ban on marijuana has the support of the Drug Policy Alliance, an advocacy group whose honorary board includes former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders and former Secretary of State...

Two very different groups have launched efforts against U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's efforts to remove the federal ban on marijuana. While Booker said he was moved to act because law enforcement unfairly targeted members of minority communities for using the drug, the organizations said that...

This week, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, sponsored the Marijuana Justice Act of 2017. Without question, this is the most progressive piece of marijuana-related legislation ever filed in the United States Congress. It goes far beyond the popular Rohrabacher-Blumenauer legislation that...

Dozens of supporters for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's proposed bill to legalize marijuana nationwide joined him in a kickoff rally on the steps of city hall Friday. Booker introduced the Marijuana Justice Act this week, a federal effort that would remove the drug from the list of controlled...

This week Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced a sweeping bill that would not only legalize marijuana at the federal level, but would attempt to reverse the impact that the war on pot has had in poor and minority communities. The Marijuana Justice Act would remove marijuana from the list of...

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker introduced legislation Tuesday that would legalize marijuana at the federal level. Booker (D-N.J.) said current drug laws disproportionately hurt minority communities. "Our country's drug laws are badly broken and need to be fixed," Booker said. The Marijuana...