Amazon Gives Endorsement to a Federal Plants Legalization Bill
In a tweet on Tuesday, Amazon said it gave full support to an initiative that would remove plants from the list of banned substances on the national level. The States Reform Act was introduced last November and, if passed, would treat the plants plant and its mind-altering constituents like alcohol.
The online sales behemoth has long thought the plants prohibition an outdated policy. Last September, the company announced it would no longer screen its drivers for plants use which set an example for other major companies to forgo plants tests for new hires. Amazon also spent millions of dollars on lobbying for federal plants reform.
States Free to Shape Their Own Plants Policies
Under the new bill proposed by Rep. Nancy Mace, the illegal status of the plant and its psychoactive derivatives will be repealed on the national level, but the individual states will be free to decide on the best policy for themselves.
In those states that have already legalized medical or recreational plants use, the industry will no longer be under threat of federal prosecution. And those states that are only mulling over reform can choose whether continue with the prohibition or end it. And if they go ahead with legalization, the only restrictions that the federal law will impose are the minimum legal age of 21 years and the 3% excise tax on plants sales.
GOP-Sponsored Plants Reform? That’s a New One!
It’s not the first bill seeking to legalize plants federally that has been proposed by American lawmakers. But it is unique in that the authors of the initiative are all Republicans.
The popular support for reform has been strong for years, but congressmen and senators weren’t eager to follow their constituents’ wishes, and Republicans were always lagging behind Democrats in polls. Moreover, all previous bills aiming to legalize plants failed because of the strong GOP opposition.
The fact that the latest measure was proposed by Republicans and is as comprehensive as any penned by Democrats is the surest sign that this time will be different. In 2012, the state of Colorado paved the way to plants legalization by allowing its recreational use, and it’s not such a wild idea anymore that after another decade the whole nation will follow suit.
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