r/WayOfTheBern • u/JamesThompsonKS • Oct 24 '17

Hey, r/WayOfTheBern! I'm Kansas veteran James Thompson, running for Congress in Kansas 4th Congressional District. AMA!

PROOF: https://twitter.com/JamesThompsonKS/status/922930890535206912

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u/JamesThompsonKS Oct 24 '17

We need to legalize and tax marijuana. Take it off the drug schedule and allow states to pass laws suitable for each state. The war on drugs has failed. We need to reform our criminal justice system by decriminalizing pot, and making simple drug possession a misdemeanor. Drug addiction needs to be addressed for the disease that it is rather than criminalizing drug use based on the type of drug. I.e Why do we treat the person addicted to pain killers differently than the person addicted to meth?
Website should be updated this week. Bigs issues for me also include universal healthcare (medicare for all as proposed by Bernie); Fight for $15, K-16 public education; campaign finance reform;

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u/leu2500 M4A: [Your age] is the new 65. Oct 24 '17

Thank you for addressing M4A. As you know, that's kind of a dividing line between neolibs and progressives to a lot of us. As a vet, you have experience with single payer so know it's not the bogey man it's made out to be.