Chuck backs legal pot

WASHINGTON — The push to decriminalize marijuana has picked up another high-profile backer — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer — just a week after President Trump endorsed letting states decide how to regulate the drug.

“I’ll be introducing legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level from one end of the country to the other,” Schumer told Vice News in a Thursday interview.

“I’ve seen too many people’s lives ruined because they had small amounts of marijuana and served time in jail much too long,”Schumer said.