The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would remove marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances and eliminate criminal penalties for a person who makes, distributes or possesses the plant. If passed into law, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act would reflect the second time in recent years that Congress took steps to reverse longstanding policies restricting the use of the cannabis plant. Congress in 2018 removed hemp and its derivatives from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). “The MORE Act effectively eliminates that dis...