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US: House of Representatives approves federal decriminalization of cannabis
The House of Representatives (House of Representatives) of the United States of America (USA) today passed an act to decriminalize and tax cannabis at the federal level, announced the Associated Press. The approval had 228 votes in favor and 164 against and is now going to a plenary vote in the Senate.
Representatives of US states today voted for the first time to federally decriminalize cannabis by passing the act MORE (Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act), a Cannabis Reinvestment, Opportunities and Purge (MORE) project.
If the act passes the Senate, it will end criminal penalties for selling cannabis in states where the activity is already legal and will decriminalize cannabis use across the US, formally allowing states to enforce their own regulations and establish sales. cannabis commercials.
Although the MORE act passed the Democrat-controlled Chamber of Deputies, it is not guaranteed that it will pass the Republican-controlled Senate and actually become law. The bill also faces an uphill battle during the next Congress, as Democrats will be in a minority in the House.
In today's vote in the US House of Representatives, the MORE Act passed with 228 votes in favor and 164 against. The parties voted closely, with five Republicans voting alongside the majority of Democrats. Six Democrats voted against the MORE Act.
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