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The Democrats' Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act would remove its categorization as a dangerous "schedule 1" controlled substance alongside much harder narcotics that attract severe sentences, like heroin and LSD.
The bill cleared the House by 220 votes to 204, with three Republicans crossing the aisle, but analysts are skeptical about its prospects in the Senate, where Democrats would need 10 opposition lawmakers to overcome a 60-vote hurdle.
The US government is out of line with three-quarters of states that have legalized marijuana for medical use and a third of states, like California and Washington, that have freed it for recreational use, too.
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