A bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and allow people with cannabis-related convictions to have their records expunged has been rein

Bill to Federally Decriminalize Marijuana, Expunge Records Reintroduced in Congress

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2021-05-29 06:00:07

A bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and allow people with cannabis-related convictions to have their records expunged has been reintroduced in Congress.

The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act was reintroduced Friday by Representative Jerrold Nadler, along with fellow Democrats Earl Blumenauer, Sheila Jackson Lee, Hakeem Jeffries and Nydia Velázquez.

The legislation passed the House in a historic vote last December—it was the first time a full chamber of Congress had taken up the issue of federally decriminalizing cannabis—but stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate.

"Since I introduced the MORE Act last Congress, numerous states across the nation, including my home state of New York, have moved to legalize marijuana. Our federal laws must keep up with this pace," Nadler said in a statement.

Voters in four states—Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota—passed ballot measures in the 2020 elections to legalize weed for adults. Mississippi voters approved a measure to legalize it for medical use.

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