House delays historic vote to decriminalize marijuana until after election -By Daniel Uria (UPI) / Sept 21 2020
Sept. 21 (UPI) — A bill seeking to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, which was originally scheduled for a vote in Congress Monday, must now wait until after the November general election.
The House originally expected to pass the measure, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, this week but action on the measure was shelved in part due to a deadlock in Congress over the next round of COVID-19 economic stimulus.
The MORE Act would, for the first time, decriminalize marijuana by removing it from the federal government’s list of controlled substances that are illegal to possess.
The law would remove federal penalties on marijuana, expunge criminal records related to marijuana and create a 5% federal sales tax on the sale of marijuana to fund community programs that benefit persons previously convicted of drug offenses.
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