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So even though marijuana is still illegal at the Federal Level, and is still a Schedule I drug, he is going to Pardon anyone conflicted with Simple marijuana possession.
Is he also now going to direct Federal Prosecutors to stop charging people with these crimes, or is it going to be a Rubber Stamp that once you get Convicted you also get Pardoned?
Seems like "Executive Order" Biden is putting the Cart before the Horse.
I think the pardoning power of the President should be revoked. Not because of this, but why should one man have that sort of power?
President Joe Biden is taking his first major steps toward decriminalizing marijuana, fulfilling a campaign pledge to erase prior federal possession convictions and beginning the process of loosening federal classification of the drug.
Biden on Thursday will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, a move that senior administration officials said would affect thousands of Americans.
“Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit,” Biden said in a statement. “Criminal records for marijuana possession have also imposed needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities. And while White and Black and brown people use marijuana at similar rates, Black and brown people have been arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at disproportionate rates.”
He will also encourage governors to take similar steps to pardon state simple marijuana possession charges, and will task the Department of Health and Human Services and Attorney General Merrick Garland to “expeditiously” review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.
Seems like a good idea to me locking someone up for smoking weed is stupid and a waste of taxpayer dollars bigger fish to fry out there.
In that case, all the charges that were dropped to get the easy convictions should be reinstated. I bet the majority involved a firearm or other weapon.
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