Chuck Schumer to Introduce Marijuana Decriminalization Bill on 4/20 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will introduce the bill that aims to decriminalize the drug on a federal level. “The legislation is long overdue based on, you know, a bunch of different facts.” “I’ve seen too many people’s lives ruined because they had small amounts of marijuana and served time in jail much too long.” “If smoking marijuana doesn’t hurt anybody else, why shouldn’t we allow people to do it and not make it criminal?”