The U.S. House of Representatives just voted in favor of the MORE Act last week and is getting ready to vote again on another bill next week.
The House will be voting on a marijuana research bill that will allow scientists to study dispensary marijuana.
The measure will promote research into the plant and allow scientists to study cannabis from state-legal businesses for the first time.
The bill would established that there would be no limit on the number of entities that can be registered to cultivate marijuana for research purposes. It would also require HHS to submit a report to Congress within five years after enactment to overview the results of federal cannabis studies and recommend whether they warrant marijuana’s rescheduling under federal law.
Leadership announced after last week’s vote on the MORE Act, that members would be taking up the Medical Marijuana Research Act, bipartisan legislation that advanced out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in September.
The bill will be considered under a procedure known as suspension of the rules, meaning there will be no further amendments and it will require a two-thirds majority to pass.
The bill, sponsored by pro-legalization Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and prohibitionist Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), is likely to get the votes required to pass.
