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Speaker Corey Johnson backs ‘full legalization’ of marijuana

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson told Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Saturday that he supports “full legalization” of marijuana and “in the meantime,” sending pot smokers along with a summons and not to Rikers Island.

The Manhattan councilman said a 30-day review of NYPD marijuana-enforcement practices shows “we are already getting results, but we need to make sure that this is handled in a just and fair way.”

Johnson and Sharpton at a City Hall press conference this past week blasted the NYPD and the racial disparities in pot arrests.





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