LEGALIZE IT: Senate Majority Leader Schumer is pushing bipartisan marijuana reform

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“We hope to [file the Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act (CAOA)] towards the end of April,” Schumer said, just days after the House of Representatives passed their own cannabis legalization bill, the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY). “I’ve reached out already to a few Republicans to see what they want,” Schumer revealed.
When Schumer first announced the legislation last year, he stressed that he wanted to try to prevent large alcohol and tobacco companies from dominating the cannabis business, working to create a system that would allow small local operators to get the opportunity to help establish the new industry on the federal level instead.
Last week, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told journalists that President Biden knows that “our current marijuana laws are not working,” but would not comment on whether the President would sign the MORE act that the House passed last week.
With the Senate working on its own bill, expect that whatever final form cannabis decriminalization legislation takes will be worked out in a House/Senate conference before any votes are taken.
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Original reporting by Kyle Jaeger at MarijuanaMoment.
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Vinnie Longobardo is the Managing Editor of Occupy Democrats. He's a 35-year veteran of the TV, mobile & internet industries, specializing in start-ups and the international media business. His passions are politics, music, and art.