Will Joe Biden Legalize Marijuana If It’s Sponsored By Republicans? Wednesday, 02 June 2021
If nine out of ten Americans believe that marijuana should be legal for adults and according to a Pew Research poll conducted in April, they do this begs an obvious question: Why hasn’t Congress passed federal marijuana legalization?
UNITED STATES - APRIL 28: Members of the DC Marijuana Justice community hold a 51 blow-up joint on . [+]
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The country’s closest brush with national cannabis reform was last December, when the House of Representatives for the first time approved a legalization bill with a floor vote. As expected, the milestone was symbolic: The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act (or MORE Act) did not receive a hearing in then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Senate. (The fact that its sponsor was then-Senator Kamala Harris (D-California), the vice-president elect, probably didn’t help.)