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Sen. Cory Booker Has a Message for Pot Smokers

Sen. Cory Booker Has a Message for Pot Smokers

FromThe Gist


Sen. Cory Booker Has a Message for Pot Smokers

FromThe Gist

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Oct 27, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has rolled out the kind of marijuana legalization bill progressives love to fawn over and libertarians love to ridicule. The plan would pressure states to legalize marijuana by withholding federal money. Booker cedes that the bill’s passage doesn’t seem imminent, but he likens marijuana legalization to gay marriage, another proposal that saw a rapid surge in popular support: “I’m believing in—I’m claiming a sea change coming in the future.”In the Spiel, what is justice for Bowe Bergdahl?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Oct 27, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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