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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 4, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed sweeping legislation that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, the first time either chamber of Congress has voted to legalize cannabis, The Hill reports. The legislation would remove marijuana from the federal list of controlled substances and allow states to continue to establish their own rules and regulations regarding sales and access to medical marijuana. The bill also would expunge some marijuana convictions for nonviolent criminals and halt federal prosecution for marijuana offenses.