#VeteransForCannabis

Common Defense is building a movement of progressive veterans, military family members, and supporters like you to fight for the values we believe in.

It’s high time that marijuana was decriminalized, legalized, and all the people unjustly penalized for nonviolent offenses are given a path to redemption. 

That’s exactly what the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act does, and in a kumbaya moment it passed the House with joint bipartisan majority vote earlier this month. To be blunt, the MORE Act decriminalizes marijuana at the federal level, establishes procedures for expunging previous convictions from people’s records, and imposes a tax on the sale of cannabis products. That's dope.

Not to get too far into the weeds, but some of the revenue raised through the new cannabis tax would provide small business loans to help entrepreneurs shake and bake their way into the cannabis industry, especially those who are "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.” The MORE Act would fund job training, mentorship programs, substance-use treatment, legal aid, re-entry services and youth recreation programs. That’s the type of reform we need when we say “liberty and justice for all.” 

So, on this 4/20, whether you puff puff or just pass, chip in to help us as we continue to grind to get this legislation through the Senate and on to Pres. Biden’s desk.