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Legal cannabis earns billions while thousands remain locked away for the same plant. From Mississippi’s life term to Louisiana’s thirty five years to the federal forty year sentence in Texas, broken expungements and empty pardons keep prohibition alive. Pot Culture Magazine follows the names, numbers, and families still trapped behind America’s fake freedom.
The MORE Act is back in Congress, aiming to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, expunge federal convictions, and create a fair federal framework. With public support at record highs and billions wasted on prohibition, this bill could finally align federal law with reality and set the stage for true reform across all 50 states.
Senator Jacky Rosen spearheads the HOPE Act to streamline the expungement of low-level cannabis offenses through federal grants, aiming to correct past injustices and facilitate a brighter future for those impacted
