Marijuana Reform
With legislation varying from State to State, and an increased social tolerance for marijuana use, questions surrounding how the substance should be legislated have reached the Federal level. On July 10, 2019, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on “Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform.” Ideas addressed included the question of Federal decriminalization of marijuana, regulation of marijuana along the lines of how alcohol is controlled, and the racial lines along which prosecution of marijuana possession falls. At the hearing, Marilyn J. Mosby, the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, Maryland, said that as of…
