The US House of Representatives has voted to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE Act) and remove marijuana from the federal list of controlled substances by a majority of 228 to 164.
However, the fact the vote went mostly along party lines means it has little chance of passing through the Republican-controlled Senate, unless the Democrats can flip both seats in Georgia, where run-offs take place in January. Only five Republicans voted in favour of the bill.
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