Majority Leader Schumer: 2021 NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally
Channel: NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally
Date: 2021-05-02

Senator Chuck Schumer talks about his efforts to end the federal prohibition of cannabis with Senator Corey Booker

"I want to do two things here: First, celebrate the just, equitable legalization we have accomplished together in New York. And second, to tell you about the fight that I am leading to legalize marijuana nationally in all 50 states.

We’re all here because we know we have to move past the failed model of the War on Drugs. For decades, this has been horrible. Young men and young women, disproportionately people of color, have been jailed for even carrying small amounts of marijuana, a charge that came with exorbitant punitive penalties, a serious criminal record and so many of them could never recover from that. We can never let that happen again."

Video by Todd Hinden
Edited by NYC Cannabis Parade