GOVERNMENT

US House of Representatives to Vote on MORE Act Next Week

by NORML
Posted on March 24, 2022April 1, 2022

Members of the US House of Representatives have announced that they will hold a floor vote next week on the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act. The MORE Act, or H.R. 3617, removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, facilitates expungement and resentencing for nonviolent federal marijuana convictions, promotes diverse participation in the regulated cannabis industry, and helps repair the racially and economically disparate harms caused by our nation’s disastrous prohibition policies.

2022

We Need You to Help Pass the MORE Act

by Morgan Fox, NORML Political Director
Posted on January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

We have a chance to push a major marijuana legalization bill through the House of Representatives, but time is quickly running out.

2021

History-Making Legislation To Repeal Marijuana Prohibition Reintroduced

by NORML
Posted on May 28, 2021June 11, 2021

The Act repeals the long-standing federal prohibition of marijuana — thereby ending the existing state/federal conflict in cannabis policies and providing state governments with greater authority to regulate marijuana-related activities.

Congress

HISTORIC: House of Representatives Approves Bill to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

by NORML
Posted on December 4, 2020December 21, 2020

The House of Representatives approved the MORE Act to end federal marijuana prohibition in an historic vote.

Congress

Minority Leader Pledges to Advance Marijuana Descheduling Legislation if Democrats Take Control of the U.S. Senate

by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director
Posted on October 28, 2020November 3, 2020

“My commitment is that if I am leader [of the US Senate], I am going to do everything I can to put the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act on the floor of the Senate. The odds are very high it will pass.”