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The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, also known as the MORE Act, is a proposed piece of U.S. federal legislation that would deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and enact various criminal and social justice reforms related to cannabis, including the expungement of prior convictions.
The year 2022 began with several United States cannabis reform proposals pre-filed in 2021 for the upcoming year's legislative session. Among the remaining prohibitionist states, legalization of adult use in Delaware and Oklahoma was considered most likely, and Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island somewhat less likely; medical cannabis in Mississippi was called likely at the beginning ...
The bill was introduced in the United States Senate on July 21, 2022 as S.4591. [9] [10] In addition to decriminalizing cannabis at the federal level, the bill would expunge federal cannabis-related criminal records. It would add new funding for law enforcement to go after illegal marijuana operations. [9]
When Carter recommended federal decriminalization, marijuana was illegal for all uses in every state. Today it is legal for medical use in 38 states, 24 of which also allow recreational use.
In 2022, cannabis businesses paid $1.8 billion in additional federal taxes than "ordinary businesses," with payments expected to balloon to $2.1 billion this year, according to a report from ...
In 2022, Biden requested the Health and Human Services Administration conduct an extensive evaluation of marijuana’s medical benefits and risks. ... Federal decriminalization or legalization ...
Studies on decriminalization of marijuana in Portugal have indicated it to be a "huge success". [142] Drug use rates in Portugal were found to be dramatically lower than the United States with decriminalization enacted. [142] Teenage use of marijuana in the Netherlands where it is sold legally and openly is lower than in the United States. [143 ...
In 2022, Biden requested the Health and Human Services Administration to conduct an extensive evaluation of marijuana’s medical benefits and risks. ... Federal decriminalization or legalization ...