Isikhathi sensangu esemthethweni sifikile. Izolo, iSenate Democrats ikhiphe umthethosivivinywa osalungiswa wokuguqulwa kwensangu, iCannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, kanti uNancy Reagan uginqika ethuneni lakhe.
Umholi weSenate Majority uChuck Schumer, uSenator Ron Wyden wase-Oregon, kanye noSenator Cory Booker waseNew Jersey bethule izinguquko. Lesi siphakamiso sihlanganisa ukugunyazwa kwensangu ngokusemthethweni, ukusula ukugwetshwa kwensangu engenalo udlame (labo asebevele bekhonza bangafaka isicelo sokubuyiselwa imali), kanye nokubuyisela imali emiphakathini ethinteke kakhulu empini yezidakamizwa.
Izinyathelo zokubuyisela zibhekana nokungalingani ngokobuhlanga okubandakanya ukuboshwa kwewunga. Abancane banamathuba angu-3.6 okuboshwa ngamacala ensangu, ngokombiko ka-2020 we-ACLU. Ucwaningo lweWashington Post luthole ukuthi abantu abamnyama benza amaphesenti angama-89 okuboshwa kwensangu angama-3,631 eWashington phakathi kuka-2015 no-2019.
Umthethosivivinywa uhlongoza ukuba kwenziwe ukuhlolwa komthelela womphakathi ezifundazweni esezivele zisemthethweni, kumiswe umkhawulo weminyaka yobudala ibe ngu-21, futhi kubekwe intela yempahla efana nogwayi notshwala. Iphinde iphakamise ukuhlinzeka ngezinhlelo zokuboleka amabhizinisi amancane. USchumer uthe bafuna ukuvimbela izinkampani ezinkulu zotshwala nogwayi ukuthi zidlule embonini. Amandla eCannabis angashintsha izandla asuke ku-DEA aye ku-FDA, ezolawula ukukhiqiza nokuthengisa. I-Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau izokwengamela izintela.
ICannabis isivele isemthethweni ngokokuzijabulisa ezifundazweni eziyi-18 futhi isemthethweni ngokwezokwelapha ezifundazweni ezingama-37. Uhulumeni ukhawulele ukushushiswa kwe-cannabis yenhlangano eminyakeni yamuva nje. Nokho, ingozi yokushushiswa yadala izithiyo ezinkulu zamabhange kanye umthethonqubo izinkinga.
Ohulumeni bezifunda basazonquma umthetho wabo we-cannabis.
Uhlaka lokugcina lulindeleke ngokuhamba kwesikhathi onyakeni. Ngeshwa, uMongameli uJoe Biden akahambisani nobuholi bentando yeningi kanye nokuduma kwe-bipartisan. Unobhala wezindaba uJen Psaki uthe Isimo sikaBiden asikashintshi, ukuthi usekela ukwenziwa kube semthethweni kodwa uyaphikisana nokugunyazwa. Abasekeli abaningi be-cannabis bagxeke i-Biden White House ngokuxosha abasebenzi abahlolelwe ukuthi bane-THC ekuqaleni kwesikhathi sakhe.
Umthethosivivinywa wokwenza insangu kube semthethweni owaphasiswa eNdlu ngo-2020 kodwa wabulawa eSenate eyayiholwa yiRiphabhulikhi yangaleso sikhathi. USchumer udinga amavoti ayi-10 eRiphabhulikhi ukuze aphasise umthetho, kodwa usakholisa amanye amalungu eqembu lakhe, agxeka uhlaka ngokuntuleka kocwaningo ngezingozi ezingaba khona zensangu.
Yize uhlaka lwezingxoxo lungewona umthethosivivinywa osemthethweni, amaphesenti angama-90 abantu abadala baseMelika acabanga ukuthi insangu kufanele ibe semthethweni, ngokusho kocwaningo lwakamuva lwePew Research. Ngethemba ukuthi lokho kungukwesekwa okwanele ukunyakazisa umongameli kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni mayelana nomthetho osekunesikhathi eside uqinisiwe.
