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US House of Representatives passes bill to legalize marijuana
The Free Press Journal | 02/04/2022 08:49 PM | Click to read full article
The US House of Representatives passed legislation to decriminalise marijuana at the federal level, with a partisan divide. The bill was approved largely along party lines, 220-204, with three Republicans joining all but two Democrats in support.
The legislation would eliminate criminal penalties for anyone who manufactures, distributes, or possesses marijuana, and formally remove it from the federal list of controlled substances.
