House member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) says the Drug War is turning a whole generation against the system. Given that pot use peaks in the 16 to 25 year age bracket and that roughly 50% of that cohort are at least occasional users it seems like a really stupid move.
“Marijuana is not the problem,” Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), said at a House Judiciary subcommittee on crime, terrorism and homeland security oversight hearing. “It’s turning a whole generation of young people against the system and that’s something we can’t afford.”
Robinson said her office would look into how many Byrne law enforcement grants are used to reimburse local law enforcement agencies for enforcement of cannabis possession laws.
Cohen pressed Robinson to justify the federal government’s role in encouraging the enforcement of laws that the congressman said disproportionately affects people of color and tarnishes the records of young people for their entire lives.
And Rep. Cohen is a little off. He should have said “another generation”.
H/T Drug Policy Forum of Texas
Cross Posted at Power and Control
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This is a nice find. If I recall, Cohen is the one that gave Jesse Ventura the coy answers about why there are huge prison complexes you can’t visit and why there are emergency center laws being passed.
Looks like another system-groveler (Cohen) is looking to open a pressure valve in order to keep the control grid in place.
republican mother,
Very perceptive understanding of our system. Voting and democracy are in fact safety valves and have been since the founding. The difference between then and now is that we used to have a better class of elites.