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U.S. Lawmakers To Vote On MORE Act To End Federal Cannabis Prohibition
Nov
Washington, D.C. – The Executive Director of the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML) Erik Altieri, writes today that the United States will possibly experience Congress’ first vote to outright end federal marijuana prohibition. The House Judiciary Committee has posted a markup for bill HR 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act. The bill will potentially be subject to a vote occurring on Wednesday, November 20th, or shortly thereafter.
The MORE Act, sponsored by Rep. Kamala D. Harris of California as S.2227, is bipartisan legislation that removes cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, subsequently decriminalizing it at the federal level and enabling states to set their policies, according to NORML.
According to the text of HR3884, its purpose is to “decriminalize and de-schedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes.”
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