众议院星期五进行了历史性的投票，首次通过了一项联邦合法化的法案大麻。
这意味着什么，接下来会发生什么?下面是一个细分:
什么是更多行为?更多法案代表大麻机会，再投资和驱逐法案。根据该法案的文本，该法案将使大麻合法化，并要求对以前的大麻定罪进行重新评估，为陷入禁毒战争的人投资服务，并为合法的大麻相关企业开放小企业管理局的资金。
非刑罪化是什么意思?自从1970年通过《控制物质法案》以来，国会已经在很大程度上禁止了大麻的种植、分销和拥有。合法化意味着所有针对大麻的法律禁令都将被取消。这不是《更多法案》所提议的。
非刑罪化是指取消对一项行动、物品或行为的原有刑事制裁。大麻仍将是非法的，但联邦刑事司法系统不会起诉任何持有特定数量大麻的人。
例如，一些州已经通过法律，将少量大麻合法化，目的是对使用者视而不见，同时保持严格的限制，对批发经销商实施强制。即使实现了非刑罪化，刑事司法当局仍然可以决定是否处以民事罚款，例如在公共场所消费或在受影响的情况下驾驶，以及强制进行毒品教育或康复。
如果娱乐或医疗用途仍然是非法的，为什么人们现在不会遇到麻烦呢?2013年，奥巴马总统的司法部承认了一波州投票倡议，根据州法律，这些倡议使少量大麻的拥有合法化，并规定了大麻生产、加工和销售的监管，同时指示检察官优先考虑其他执法领域。
五年后，特朗普总统美国司法部发布了一份备忘录，“宣布恢复法治和撤销以前的指导文件”，但这份备忘录对扭转奥巴马政府的宽松政策几乎没有影响。
接下来会发生什么?由于参议院极不可能考虑众议院今天通过的《更多法案》，该法案将不可避免地在国会第116届会议结束时到期。立法者将不得不在第117届国会重新开始，并通过整个立法过程使立法成为法律。众议院和参议院必须通过同一法案的相同文本，总统必须签署该措施成为法律。如果总统否决了该法案，国会可以以三分之二的多数推翻这一否决，从而颁布该法案。
What Congress' vote to decriminalize marijuana means for you
The House of Representatives took a historic vote Friday to pass a bill for the first time that would federally decriminalizemarijuana.
What does that mean and what happens next? Here is a breakdown:
What is the MORE Act?The MORE Act stands for Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act. The bill would federally decriminalize marijuana and also mandate a reassessment of prior marijuana convictions, invest in services for people caught up in the war on drugs and open Small Business Administration funding for legitimate cannabis-related businesses, according to the text of the bill.
What does decriminalization mean?Since the passage of the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, Congress has largely prohibited the cultivation, distribution and possession of marijuana. Legalization means all legal prohibitions would be removed against marijuana. That's not what the MORE Act proposes.
Decriminalization is the removal of preexisting criminal sanctions against an action, article or behavior. Marijuana would remain illegal, but the federal criminal justice system would not prosecute anyone for possession under a specified amount.
For example, some states have passed laws to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana intended to turn a blind eye against users while maintaining strict limits that maintain enforcement against wholesale dealers. Even with decriminalization, criminal justice authorities could still determine whether to impose civil fines, such as for consumption in a public setting or driving while under the influence, as well as mandate drug education or rehabilitation.
Why aren't people getting in trouble for recreational or medical use now if it's still federally illegal?In 2013, President Obama's Department of Justice recognized a wave of state ballot initiatives that legalized, under state law, the possession of small amounts of marijuana and provided for the regulation of marijuana production, processing and sale while directing prosecutors to prioritize other enforcement areas.
Five years later,President Trump's Department of Justice issued a memo "announcing a return to the rule of law and the rescission of previous guidance documents," but the missive has had little impact on reversing the Obama administration's lax policy.
What happens next?Since the Senate is highly unlikely to consider the MORE Act passed by the House today, the legislation will inevitably expire at the end of the 116th session of Congress. Lawmakers will then have to start over in the 117th Congress and take the legislation through the whole legislative process to become law. The House and Senate must pass identical text of the same bill, and the president must sign that measure into law. If the president vetoes the bill, Congress could override that veto with a two-thirds majority in order to enact the bill.
