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Biden Pardons People Convicted of Marijuana Possession Under Federal Law
- rolph 4y agodo i smell legalization at a federal level wafting down the hall?
- a_shovel 4y agoThis plus the student loan forgiveness makes it look like Biden decided he wanted young people to vote in the midterms.
- zwieback 4y agoMore specifically: stoners and graduates with student loan debt. Those populations might already skew pro-Biden.
- noobermin 4y agoWRT weed, it is now widely popular, with 2/3's in agreement with legalization. For republicans, it's merely a 50/50 issue[0]. Generally therefore, it no longer is a divisive issue and has wide support across American society. [0] https://news.gallup.com/poll/356939/support-legal-marijuana-holds-record-high.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/356939/support-legal-marijuana-...
- dpkirchner 4y agoHopefully this will lead to more people actually going to the polls instead of braying "both sides are the same."
- noobermin 4y agoThis is quite the shift. Biden infamously a very anti-drug and anti-marijuana politician for a long time, and I remember a story from early in his presidency where he purged members of his staff who consumed marijuana and that story sort of set the tone for the Presidency with respect to drug issues that he'd remain in that mentality. He is now promising a "review" of the current schedule for the drug which could amount to nothing in the case that deep down he doesn't want to decriminalize it, but then again it could actually follow through, which could honestly cement his legacy.
- cguess 4y agoIt's unfortunately federal law, he had no say in the matter if they could work for him. As federal employees you can't consume marijuana (go get blasted at the lobby bar at the Watergate though, no worries there)
- torstenvl 4y agoFederal civilian* law. No word yet on whether he will include convictions for marijuana possession under 10 U.S.C. § 912a.
- tester756 4y agoHow many people it affects? Original post says >There are thousands of people who have prior Federal convictions for marijuana possession, who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My action will help relieve the collateral consequences arising from these convictions.
- effingwewt 4y agoNon-paywalled link: https://web.archive.org/web/20221006200727/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/us/politics/biden-marijuana-pardon.html https://web.archive.org/web/20221006200727/https://www.nytim...