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Is Your US Senator a Marijuana Prohibitionist? Find out here

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Marijuana legalization now consistently scores majorities in national public opinion polls, marijuana is already legal in four states and the District of Columbia and likely to be legal in a handful more, including California, before year’s end, and the Obama administration has effectively thrown federal pot prohibition to the wind in the legal (and medical marijuana) states, yet Congress remains to a large degree stuck in the last century when it comes to marijuana policy.

Granted, there are some small signs of progress, some nibbling around the edges of pot prohibition, through bills and spending amendments that seek to stop the feds from interfering in legal and medical marijuana states, but Bernie Sanders’ bill to end federal marijuana prohibition doesn’t sport even a single cosponsor. When it comes to fixing marijuana policy, Congress is going to have to be dragged crying and screaming into the 21st Century.

One reason is a sizable contingent of senatorial prohibitionists. According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), which just released its 2016 Congressional Scorecard, more than a quarter of US senators received a failing grade when it comes to supporting progressive marijuana policy reforms. A failing grade indicates “that this member expresses significant and vocal opposition to marijuana law reform.”

Here’s the list of the Senate’s most intransigent and recalcitrant pot prohibitionists

  • Sen. Jeff Sessions R-AL)

  • Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)

  • Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)

  • Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)

  • Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)

  • Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)

  • Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID)

  • Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)

  • Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN)

  • Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)

  • Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)

  • Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

  • Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)

  • Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)

  • Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

  • Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)

  • Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)

  • Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)

  • Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)

  • Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)

  • Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)

  • Sen. John Thune (R-SD)

  • Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)

  • Sen. Jon Cornyn (R-TX)

  • Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)

  • Sen. John Barasso (R-WY)

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