Jared Polis

[[File:XavierBecerra-JaredPolis.jpg|thumb|right|Polis (right) with then-Representative [[Xavier Becerra]] of California in [[Westminster, Colorado]]]]

[[File:XavierBecerra-JaredPolis.jpg|thumb|right|Polis (right) with then-Representative [[Xavier Becerra]] of California in [[Westminster, Colorado]]]]

====Cannabis====

====Cannabis====

Polis supports the [[Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|legalization of cannabis]], saying in 2011, "Just as the policy of [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition]] failed nationally with alcohol—it's now up to states and counties—I think we should do the same with marijuana."{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rep-jared-polis-federal-government-shouldnt-be-banning-marijuana |title=Rep. Jared Polis: Federal government shouldn't be banning marijuana|author=Brian Montopoli|author2=CBS News |publisher=cbsnews.com|date=April 6, 2011|author2-link=CBS News}} Legislation he has introduced includes the [[Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act]] in 2013,{{cite magazine |last1=Dickinson |first1=Tim |title=Legalization Hits the Hill |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/legalization-hits-the-hill-20130206 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307213934/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/legalization-hits-the-hill-20130206 |archive-date=March 7, 2013 |url-status=dead}} the [[Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act]] in 2015,{{cite news |title=US Congress: Legislation Introduced To Get the Feds Out Of The Marijuana Enforcement Business |url=https://norml.org/news/2015/02/26/us-congress-legislation-introduced-to-get-the-feds-out-of-the-marijuana-enforcement-business |access-date=December 23, 2019 |work=NORML |date=February 26, 2015}} and the McClintock–Polis amendment in 2015 (to prevent federal interference in states that have legalized medical or recreational use; it failed 206–222).{{cite news |last1=Baca |first1=Ricardo |title=House passes bill to prevent DOJ from interfering in states' medical pot laws |url=https://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/03/house-medical-pot-marijuana/35704/ |access-date=December 26, 2019 |work=The Cannabist |date=June 3, 2015 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909130631/https://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/03/house-medical-pot-marijuana/35704/ |url-status=dead }} He was also an original cosponsor of the [[Marijuana Justice Act]] that was first introduced in the House in 2018.{{cite press release |date=January 17, 2018 |title=House Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill, Focused on Racial Justice, As Companion to Cory Booker's Senate Bill |url=http://www.drugpolicy.org/press-release/2018/01/house-introduces-marijuana-legalization-bill-focused-racial-justice-companion |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Drug Policy Alliance |access-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224021949/http://www.drugpolicy.org/press-release/2018/01/house-introduces-marijuana-legalization-bill-focused-racial-justice-companion |url-status=dead }} In February 2017, Polis launched the [[Congressional Cannabis Caucus]] along with Representatives [[Don Young]], [[Earl Blumenauer]], and [[Dana Rohrabacher]]. In 2021, he pardoned 1,351 Coloradans convicted of marijuana possession.{{Cite web|date=December 31, 2021|title=Colorado governor pardons 1,351 Coloradans convicted of marijuana possession|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/30/colorado-marijuana-possesssion-pardons-polis/|access-date=January 1, 2022|work=The Denver Post}}

Polis supports the [[Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|legalization of cannabis]], saying in 2011, "Just as the policy of [[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition]] failed nationally with alcohol—it's now up to states and counties—I think we should do the same with marijuana."{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rep-jared-polis-federal-government-shouldnt-be-banning-marijuana |title=Rep. Jared Polis: Federal government shouldn't be banning marijuana|author=Brian Montopoli|author2=CBS News |publisher=cbsnews.com|date=April 6, 2011|author2-link=CBS News}} Legislation he has introduced includes the [[Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act]] in 2013,{{cite magazine |last1=Dickinson |first1=Tim |title=Legalization Hits the Hill |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/legalization-hits-the-hill-20130206 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307213934/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/legalization-hits-the-hill-20130206 |archive-date=March 7, 2013 |url-status=dead}} the [[Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act]] in 2015,{{cite news |title=US Congress: Legislation Introduced To Get the Feds Out Of The Marijuana Enforcement Business |url=https://norml.org/news/2015/02/26/us-congress-legislation-introduced-to-get-the-feds-out-of-the-marijuana-enforcement-business |access-date=December 23, 2019 |work=NORML |date=February 26, 2015}} and the McClintock–Polis amendment in 2015 (to prevent federal interference in states that have legalized medical or recreational use; it failed 206–222).{{cite news |last1=Baca |first1=Ricardo |title=House passes bill to prevent DOJ from interfering in states' medical pot laws |url=https://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/03/house-medical-pot-marijuana/35704/ |access-date=December 26, 2019 |work=The Cannabist |date=June 3, 2015 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909130631/https://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/03/house-medical-pot-marijuana/35704/ |url-status=dead }} He was also an original cosponsor of the [[McClintock–Polis Amendment]], introduced in 2015, and the [[Marijuana Justice Act]] that was first introduced in the House in 2018.{{cite press release |date=January 17, 2018 |title=House Introduces Marijuana Legalization Bill, Focused on Racial Justice, As Companion to Cory Booker's Senate Bill |url=http://www.drugpolicy.org/press-release/2018/01/house-introduces-marijuana-legalization-bill-focused-racial-justice-companion |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Drug Policy Alliance |access-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224021949/http://www.drugpolicy.org/press-release/2018/01/house-introduces-marijuana-legalization-bill-focused-racial-justice-companion |url-status=dead }} In February 2017, Polis launched the [[Congressional Cannabis Caucus]] along with Representatives [[Don Young]], [[Earl Blumenauer]], and [[Dana Rohrabacher]]. In 2021, he pardoned 1,351 Coloradans convicted of marijuana possession.{{Cite web|date=December 31, 2021|title=Colorado governor pardons 1,351 Coloradans convicted of marijuana possession|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/30/colorado-marijuana-possesssion-pardons-polis/|access-date=January 1, 2022|work=The Denver Post}}

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