Friend, I’m excited to share that the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act has just been reintroduced in the House of Representatives. This vital bill would end federal criminal penalties for marijuana by removing it from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

It would also begin to repair the harms caused by marijuana criminalization that have blocked access to jobs, housing, and food assistance; help ensure a fair playing field so small businesses and people with marijuana convictions can participate in the industry; lift barriers to research; allow veterans to access medical marijuana; and so much more.

Please tell your House Representative to cosponsor the MORE Act today.

The MORE Act would decriminalize marijuana federally and help set up a regulatory framework for a fair industry that benefits everyday Americans by:

• Ending federal criminal penalties once and for all by removing (“descheduling”) marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Criminal penalties can block access to jobs, housing, and other essential needs.

• Repairing the harms caused by marijuana criminalization including reduced sentences and automatic expungements for those with marijuana convictions. This ensures people can move on with their lives and successfully reintegrate into society.

• Investing marijuana tax revenue in communities harmed by prohibition. This funding can support addiction services, reentry programs for people who have been incarcerated, and assistance with housing, employment, and education.

• Promoting fairness in the marijuana industry for small businesses and workers. It would legitimize state marijuana programs and end the federal tax penalty so that small businesses have a chance to participate in the industry, not just big marijuana corporations.

• Advancing public health by easing research restrictions. Ending federal marijuana prohibition would lift the existing research barriers and finally allow research of the full medical and scientific potential of marijuana.
• ​​​​​​Allowing veterans to access medical marijuana by making it easier for them to participate in state medical marijuana programs.

You helped us make history when we passed the MORE Act in the House just a few years ago—please help us do it again by taking action right now.

This bill comes on the heels of President Trump saying his administration will act soon on federal marijuana reform. Even if his administration moves (“reschedules”) marijuana on the CSA, it would still be criminalized under federal law—allowing people to continue being arrested and incarcerated for marijuana-related conduct.

No matter what Trump does, the MORE Act remains a critical piece to end federal marijuana prohibition for good, repair the harms it’s caused, and build an industry that can benefit all Americans.