House votes to decriminalize marijuana, but Senate fate dim
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The House has approved a bill decriminalizing marijuana and letting states set their own policies on pot. The bill now goes to the Senate where it is unlikely to become law.
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US lawmakers were expected to vote Friday to decriminalize marijuana nationwide, eliminating punishments for providing or possessing the drug in a major step towards bringing federal laws in line with the states.
The House has approved a bill decriminalizing marijuana and letting states set their own policies on pot. The bill now goes to the Senate where it is unlikely to become law.
“For far too long, we have treated marijuana as a criminal justice problem instead of as a matter of personal choice and public health,” said Jerry Nadler, the chief sponsor of the bill.
The bill, titled the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, would essentially remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act list and decriminalize it.
The U.S. House passed legislation Friday to legalize marijuana nationally, but its future is much less clear in the Senate. The House voted 220-204 to approve the measure, which would fix the split between federal law and 19 states where recreational marijuana is legal.
The bill faces an uphill climb in the Senate and is unlikely to become law. But Friday's vote gave lawmakers the chance to show their views on the legalization trend spreading across the country.
Lawmakers in the US have voted to decriminalize marijuana. Though it may have passed in the House of Representatives, the legislation is not expected to make it through the Senate.
The passage of the bill is historic, but it faces an uncertain future in the Senate where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to introduce his own cannabis bill.
US lawmakers backed the decriminalization of marijuana nationwide in a vote Friday that will eliminate punishments for providing or possessing the drug if
The House of Representative passed a bill that would decriminalized marijuana at the federal level on Friday. It will remove marijuana from the list of scheduled substances and eliminate criminal penalties.
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