Sen. Kamala Harris will introduce legislation that decriminalizes marijuana on the federal level today -- her boldest step yet on the issue.
The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act would remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, enabling states to set their own policies. The bill calls for the resentencing and expungement of past and pending convictions and aims to rebuild communities disproportionately affected by the war on drugs.House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, will introduce companion legislation in his respective chamber.
The bill authorizes Congress to use half of the annual tax revenue generated by the marijuana industry to invest in job training, reentry services and youth recreation in communities most adversely affected by the war on drugs. The bill determines those in need as persons with incomes below 250% of the federal poverty level for at least five of the last 10 years who have been arrested or convicted of some cannabis offense.
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