The MORE Act

The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act will expunge the records of those harmed by cannabis criminalization, create opportunities for all to participate in the legal cannabis industry and decriminalize cannabis at the federal level. For decades, failed federal drug policies have devastated communities of color and held too many back from the benefits of the legal cannabis marketplace. • More than 600,000 Americans are still arrested each year on cannabis charges, despite reform laws passed in 47 states. • People of color are four times more likely to be arrested on cannabis charges – and are often targeted for longer prison sentences. • Because prior cannabis convictions bar too many from entering the cannabis industry, only one-fifth of cannabis businesses are minority-owned and only four percent of owners are Black. The MORE Act takes a step to right these wrongs: ensuring those harmed by the brutal, unfair consequences of criminalization can take full advantage of the legal and growing cannabis industry.