Historic U.S. Cannabis Legalization Bill To Be Voted On This Month

The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act (The MORE Act) is expected to be voted on sometime this September and may lead to the federal decriminalization of cannabis in the United States.

At some point throughout this September, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019, known as the More Act, will be voted on by the House of Representatives to determine whether cannabis is removed from the list of Schedule I substances in the United States.

Cannabis has been labeled a Schedule I substance since the 1970s, as a result of the Controlled Substances Act, which deemed the substance to have “no current medicinal benefit.”

This is, of course, despite the fact that medicinal cannabis is currently legal, and prescribed, in 33 U.S. States, with Nebraska looking poised to become the 34th state to follow suit this November.

As such, the MORE Act seeks to remove cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances, effectively decriminalizing the drug and allowing states to decide whether they’d like to allow for a recreational cannabis market. Additionally, the MORE Act would expunge…