Lawmaker pushes for legal marijuana in Michigan
Lawmaker pushes for legal marijuana in Michigan
Lawmaker pushes for legal marijuana in Michigan(Photo: Phil Dawson)
Lansing, Mich. (WZZM) - State Representative Jeff Irwin, (D) Ann Arbor, says punishing people for possessing and using marijuana is not working.
He says it's not preventing people who want it from buying the drug.
"Prohibition is ineffective," he says. "It's been a failure."
So Representative Irwin says he is introducing legislation to legalize marijuana.
Not decriminalize marijuana. Legalize recreational marijuana for adults.
"It would be much safer for our communities and much smarter as a policy to legalize and regulate marijuana and create an appropriate legal place for people to buy and sell," he says.
The way things are now, Representative Irwin says violent criminals control the distribution of marijuana and pocket the profits. He compares it to alcohol prohibition in the 1920's when Al Capone and other violent gangsters made millions distributing...
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