Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at
what's happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The House passed both the MORE Act and a bill on medical
marijuana research. New Jersey gets to work on cannabis
legislation. Lawsuits abound in states that just legalized.
Mexico's move to allow marijuana hits a snag. And finally,
cannabis has been a part of winter holiday celebrations for a long
time.
more act
As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives
passed the MORE Act, which would end the federal prohibition on
the use of cannabis. As monumental an achievement as this is, the
bill has no chance of passage in the Senate, so it is a largely
symbolic gesture.
