A lawmaker who helps to lead the Congressional Cannabis Caucus says there are “a lot” of fellow legislators on Capitol Hill who secretly smoke marijuana.
“I think there are a lot of people who smoke cannabis in Congress,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said on Wednesday.
She added, however, that legalization is an important policy issue that should appeal broadly beyond just those who consume marijuana.
“Advocacy for legalizing doesn’t necessarily mean that you are a user,” the congresswoman told TMZ. “So everybody can be an advocate for legalizing it, because we understand that it is not okay for us to spend the billions of dollars we do now on incarcerating people for smoking a joint.”
The TMZ reporter also asked Omar about the federal government’s recent move to reschedule marijuana, noting that she and President Donald Trump don’t often agree on policy issues.
“I think any step forward is a good step, but we need to go farther than where we are at right now,” she said.
“We’re excited that the fact that he is paying attention to this issue,” Omar said. “But it is time, like I said, for the federal government to fully legalize. We already have so
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