A House Democratic lawmaker reintroduced a bill that would legalize marijuana countrywide last week, though its chances of receiving a hearing are slim. U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York on Friday reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, which would decriminalize the drug at the federal level and set up a 5% federal sales tax on cannabis and cannabis products.

“It is long past time to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, expunge marijuana convictions and facilitate resentencing, while reinvesting in the communities most adversely impacted by the War on Drugs,” Nadler said in a statement.

The MORE Act is considered the most progressive of federal marijuana legalization bills to appear in Congress. The MORE Act passed the full House in 2022 but never received a hearing in the Senate.

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