Members of Congress reintroduced legislation today, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, that removes marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act, thereby allowing states to legalize and regulate cannabis markets free from federal interference.
Previous versions of the MORE Act were approved by the House of Representatives in 2020 and in 2022, when Democrats controlled the chamber. House lawmakers took no action on the bill in the 118th Congress.
"I am proud to reintroduce the MORE Act today. As more states continue to legalize marijuana and public support increases, federal laws must catch up and reverse failed policies criminalizing marijuana," said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). "It is long past time to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, expunge marijuana convictions, and facilitate resentencing, while reinvesting in the communities most adversely impacted by the War on Drugs. I thank my colleagues, Representatives Dina Titus and Ilhan Omar, Co-Chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, as well as Representative Nydia Velázquez for their work on this legislation as we continue to push for this much-needed change."
Representatives Titus, Omar, and Velázquez — along with three dozen other Democratic lawmakers — are co-sponsors of the bill.
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