(Marijuana Moment) Two top marijuana reform advocates in Congress are renewing their call to pass a federal legalization bill in light of the numerous state-level reform victories on Election Day.
In a Dear Colleague letter on Tuesday, Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) wrote that “Americans in five very different states voted overwhelmingly to liberalize their cannabis policies and it is clearer than ever that the American people are demanding a change to outdated cannabis laws.”
The letter comes one day after House leadership announced that the chamber will be holding a floor vote on a federal descheduling bill—the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act—next month.
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