Bill de Blasio finally gets a clue, especially after Elizabeth Warren draws a bigger crowd on de Blasio’s own turf.
Bill de Blasio Bows Out, Elizabeth Warren’s Big Speech: This Week in the 2020 Race
Here are six things that happened on the presidential campaign trail this week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/21/us/politics/bill-de-blasio-elizabeth-warren-2020.html
Regulating marijuana like alcohol
Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas released a plan on Thursday to legalize marijuana, expunge all possession convictions and regulate the substance the way alcohol is regulated. Sales would be limited to adults, smoking would be banned in public areas, and advertising would be restricted.
He also wants to tax the marijuana industry and invest the revenue in the communities of color disproportionately affected by the war on drugs.
Every Democratic candidate supports decriminalizing marijuana, and most, including Mr. O’Rourke, support full legalization. But six candidates — Mr. Biden, Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, Mayor Wayne Messam of Miramar, Fla., and former Representative Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania — want to leave the question of legalization up to the states.
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