The bill, called the Marijuana Opportunity Elimination and Reinvestment Act (MORE), would remove marijuana-related convictions from people`s records and formally remove them from the federal list of controlled substances. The House of Representatives voted narrowly bipartisan to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. Given the country`s increasingly relaxed stance on marijuana, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday in favor of federal drug decriminalization after both parties resumed the old debate about its impact, especially on young people, and the cost of enforcing the law. Under these conditions, Bolãvar stresses the importance of recognizing the differences between regulation and legalization. If we talk about legalization, like alcohol, a company can put up a billboard or appear on a Colombian national team jersey, but in the regulated system you cannot promote consumption or consume on the street. The restrictions are maintained, the only thing that changes is that it can be produced and distributed because the consumption of the minimum dose is already legal. The other difference is that a license is required, since traceability of products and quality exists from the purchase of the seed. All of this is very controlled.
(You can see: Marijuana Route in Jambaló: Voices of Producers and Those Who Replaced) Prior to final approval, the House of Representatives rejected an amendment by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to clarify that people cannot be denied security clearances for marijuana use because 12 Democrats joined all but two Republicans in opposition. The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate, where it may need the support of at least 10 of the 50 Republicans to be considered. President Joe Biden has supported the decriminalization of drugs, but not their legalization. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., a former prosecutor, co-sponsored the bill, which she supported for several reasons. Proponents have argued that it`s time for the federal government to catch up with most states that have legalized marijuana, at least to some extent. In addition, with the approval of this project, it is planned to regulate activities and it will be possible to control the payment of taxes and create greater employment opportunities with new businesses for Costa Ricans. According to Senator Gustavo Bolãvar, with this type of action, they want the regulation to benefit, as happened in California, mainly the victims of the conflict behind illegal marketing and those who have been convicted of marijuana-related problems, since the project also©proposes to those who have committed minor crimes related to cannabis, to grant amnesty.
(You can read: “There have never been so many conditions to advance drug regulation”) The U.S. Senate will consider a bill introduced Thursday that would legalize marijuana use nationwide and remove barriers for states looking to relax their cannabis laws. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, wrote in a commentary for Marijuana Moment, a publication focused on marijuana policy, that he would not support the bill Friday either. Republicans have argued that marijuana is a mind-altering substance enough to pose a threat to society. The initiative is unlikely to thrive in the House because of the narrow majority of Democrats who do not have full support within their party, and the filibuster rule, which implies that nearly all bills require a 60-vote supermajority to move forward. “Record crime, record inflation, record gas prices, record numbers of illegal immigrants crossing our southern border, and what are the Democrats doing today? Legalization of drugs.