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Legalization of marijuana takes another step forward
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32550
Subject(s) - legalization , law , political science , executive director , alliance , business , management , economics
With approval by the House Judiciary Committee of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE Act) last week, federal legalization of marijuana took a historic step forward. “With today's mark‐up of the MORE Act, the United States is coming one step closer to ending the devastating harms of marijuana prohibitions,” said Maria McFarland Sánchez‐Moreno, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), in a statement released by the DPA Nov. 20.