The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act gained three new sponsors yesterday, bringing the total number to 79.
The MORE Act (H.R. 5601) is now sponsored by 37% of all Democrats in the House of Representatives. The measure was filed in September by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D) along with four cosponsors. The legislation has steadily gained new sponsors since being filed, with Representatives Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Kathy Castor (D-FL) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) signing on just yesterday.
The MORE Act is described by Rep. Nadler as “one of the most comprehensive marijuana reform bills ever introduced in the U.S. Congress”. The measure would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and remove it entirely as a controlled substance, while establishing a federal marijuana tax that would apply to legal marijuana states.
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