Activists from the DC Marijuana Justice hold a giant inflatable “marijuana joint” to demand Congress pass cannabis reform legislation at the US Capitol in Washington, DC in 2019. Photo: AFP via Getty Images / TNS Activists from the DC Marijuana Justice hold a giant inflatable “marijuana joint” to demand Congress pass cannabis reform legislation at the US Capitol in Washington, DC in 2019. Photo: AFP via Getty Images / TNS
Activists from the DC Marijuana Justice hold a giant inflatable “marijuana joint” to demand Congress pass cannabis reform legislation at the US Capitol in Washington, DC in 2019. Photo: AFP via Getty Images / TNS
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US House of Representatives votes to decriminalise marijuana at federal level

  • The Democratic-majority House voted 228-164 to lift the federal prohibition on marijuana
  • The cannabis bill would expunge federal marijuana convictions and impose a 5 per cent tax on cannabis products

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Updated: 9:42pm, 5 Dec, 2020

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Activists from the DC Marijuana Justice hold a giant inflatable “marijuana joint” to demand Congress pass cannabis reform legislation at the US Capitol in Washington, DC in 2019. Photo: AFP via Getty Images / TNS Activists from the DC Marijuana Justice hold a giant inflatable “marijuana joint” to demand Congress pass cannabis reform legislation at the US Capitol in Washington, DC in 2019. Photo: AFP via Getty Images / TNS
Activists from the DC Marijuana Justice hold a giant inflatable “marijuana joint” to demand Congress pass cannabis reform legislation at the US Capitol in Washington, DC in 2019. Photo: AFP via Getty Images / TNS
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