GOP Rep Compares Legal Weed Sales To Slavery

Marijuana Moment reports:

Congressional lawmakers held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss federal marijuana legalization and state cannabis developments, hearing testimony from a panel of broadly pro-reform advocates.

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), who as a former chairman of the House Rules Committee regularly blocked cannabis amendments from advancing to the floor for votes, delivered a series of prohibitionist talking points in comments at the hearing on Tuesday.

He also raised eyebrows by comparing marijuana commerce to slavery, saying cannabis “has been advocated by people who were in it to make money” and “slavery made money also and was a terrible circumstance that this country and the world went through for many, many years.”

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Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) compares the legal sale of cannabis to the history of slavery in the United States:

“[Cannabis] is being advocated by people who are in it to make money. Slavery made money also.” pic.twitter.com/axoz7ogWpW

— The Recount (@therecount) November 15, 2022

Birmingham, AL Mayor Randall Woodfin (D), responding to Rep. @AOC (D-NY) question, hits Sessions for comparing legal sale of cannabis to the history of slavery in the U.S.

“Words matter. … Putting cannabis and slavery in the same category is patently offensive and flagrant.” pic.twitter.com/iX9DvgT470

— The Recount (@therecount) November 15, 2022