House committee approval of decriminalization just a first step in lifting restrictions on marijuana use.
What’s interesting is that no other topic has this level of bipartisan support across the country like cannabis does. However, in today’s partisan political climate, bills like the MORE Act are turning into political statements and weapons. Even though the MORE Act has a Republican sponsor in Matt Gaetz, it’s a Democrat-sponsored bill that Republican politicians are going to be inclined to shoot down just so it doesn’t go down as a win for the other side.