One of the first lines of marijuana-related business that we can expect from the Democratic-controlled Congress in 2021 is an attempt to make the MORE Act law.
Nothing is stopping federal marijuana legalization now. Democrats have taken control of the U.S. Senate after beating the brakes off of the Republicans in Georgia's runoff election. The victory ends six years of Republican domination in the upper chamber. But more than that, it puts the Democrats in control of both houses, allowing the party to push its legislative agenda full steam ahead. It's a unique situation that finally gives marijuana reform a fighting chance at going nationwide.
Democrats have fought tooth and nail for the past few years to pass federal marijuana bills in the U.S. House of Representatives. But all of those efforts, both small and large, always ended up on the chopping block. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the self-proclaimed Grim Reaper of Capitol Hill, was...
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