Cory Booker Says Marijuana Criminalization Is One Of The ‘Root Problems’ Fueling Environments Where Gun Violence ‘Proliferates’

November 29, 2023 1 min read
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) says that addressing the country’s gun violence epidemic requires a holistic understanding of the “root problems” that are “correlative of violence”—from poverty to housing security to mass incarceration driven by discriminatory marijuana criminalization. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, the senator said that, too often, the conversation around gun […]

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) says that addressing the country’s gun violence epidemic requires a holistic understanding of the “root problems” that are “correlative of violence”—from poverty to housing security to mass incarceration driven by discriminatory marijuana criminalization. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, the senator said that, too often, the conversation around gun  Read More  

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