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The Federal administrative process that began with President Biden's directive in 2022, and in 2023 with a recommendation by the Department of Health and Human Services to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act was incomplete at the beginning of 2024. [1]
Due to reduced law enforcement activity and prison costs associated with marijuana-related crimes, the bill would reduce federal expenditures by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the New York Times. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the bill would reduce the deficit by almost $3 billion over ten years. [6]
On December 17, 2009, Rev. Bryan A. Krumm, CNP, filed a rescheduling petition for Cannabis with the DEA arguing that "because marijuana does not have the abuse potential for placement in Schedule I of the CSA, and because marijuana now has accepted medical use in 13 states, and because the DEA's own Administrative Law Judge has already ...
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will take a historic step toward easing federal restrictions on cannabis, with plans to announce an interim rule soon reclassifying the drug for the first ...
The bill was introduced in the United States Senate on July 21, 2022 as S.4591. [9] [10] In addition to decriminalizing cannabis at the federal level, the bill would expunge federal cannabis-related criminal records. It would add new funding for law enforcement to go after illegal marijuana operations. [9]
Cultivating, distributing and possessing marijuana violates federal drug laws. However, the recreational use of cannabis has been legalized in 23 states, three U.S. territories, and D.C. so far.
SJR 22 and companion bills HJR 91 and HJR 89 were introduced, and if enacted would refer to the voters a constitutional amendment legalizing cannabis. [61] House Bill 1937 would allow cities and counties to opt-in to legalization. [62] House Bill 218, decriminalization and expungement of past offenses, was passed by the house 87-59 on April 27.
The bill was numbered H.R. 420 in a nod to cannabis culture. [9] Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, also known as the MORE Act. 2019 legislation to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and tax cannabis products to create trust funds for justice projects. Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act.