The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR), an alliance of over 220 national groups, wrote to House members urging them to approve the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, which last year passed the body then stalled, but was lately reintroduced.
The coalition wrote that following House approval last year, “the circumstances of this past year have made the War on Drugs even more untenable and amplified the voices of those demanding transformation in our criminal-legal system.”
The letter continues: “In the face of a growing national dialogue on discriminatory law enforcement practices, including the disproportionate policing of drug use in communities of color, transforming our criminal-legal system and redressing its harms is more relevant and more pressing than ever before. Marijuana reform represents a modest but necessary first step toward that transformation and toward repairing the harm wrought by the War on Drugs. The MORE Act remains the most effective and equitable way forward.”
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