Biden Pardons People Convicted of Marijuana Possession Under Federal Law

How 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.

Federal civilian* law.

No word yet on whether he will include convictions for marijuana possession under 10 U.S.C. § 912a.

This plus the student loan forgiveness makes it look like Biden decided he wanted young people to vote in the midterms.

This 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.

Non-paywalled link: https://web.archive.org/web/20221006200727/https://www.nytim...

do i smell legalization at a federal level wafting down the hall?