Candidate Pete Buttigeg Unveils Major Marijuana Reform Plan

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, IN, has released a plan to legalize marijuana at the federal level and cut the United States prison population in half.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Buttigieg’s plan called “The Douglass Plan” would legalize marijuana federally, expunge past convictions for small-time offenses, reduce drug offense sentences, and eliminate jail time for possession.
• Buttigeg claims we can achieve a 50% reduction in the U.S. prison population by legalizing marijuana and eliminating incarceration.
• The success of Buttigieg’s reform effort is contingent on having federal action influence the state level, as most prisoners are held in state facilities.

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