Biden to pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession

[brooklynite]

Source: CNBC

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, the White House announced Thursday.

The pardons will also apply to anyone in the District of Columbia convicted of simple possession of marijuana, a senior administration official told reporters.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/06/biden-to-pardon-all-prior-federal-offenses-of-simple-marijuana-possession-.html

[walkingman]

1. Great news - Biden is amazing. Now remove weed from schedule 1 status.

[AllyCat]

12. Yes!

[samnsara]

21. yes so i can buy product with a credit card at the local pot shop

[Demsrule86]

35. Yeah if your state allows it...but I expect you may have to wait until it is legalized federally.

[SouthernDem4ever]

39. The states with private for-profit prisons will be the holdouts

they don't want to lose their gravy train.

[Demsrule86]

41. They force them to work for no money and then pay thousands of dollar in restitution which should

No be allowed.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. GOOD!

[James48]

3. Remove it from schedule 1!

All things begin with fixing that.

[ancianita]

9. Exactly. Totally wrong category. Even deadly fentanyl is Schedule II.

[867-5309.]

23. He said they "would review" that - we're almost two years in

Go for it Joe!

[Mr.Bill]

4. That's the right thing to do.

Should be done in every state also.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. President Biden announces he's taking 3 BIG steps re marijuana today

Link to tweet

[ancianita]

10. Every day this great president does the right thing.

[calimary]

37. Good post. Thanks for these details!

[mike_c]

6. I hope this precedes removal from the schedule 1 list!

[walkingman]

7. So good to have a POTUS that doesn't act like a messiah or a child. ☮

[Sky Jewels]

8. Excellent! This is long overdue.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana

Link to tweet

[Paladin]

13. Yet another smart move by my President. (nt)

[cannabis_flower]

14. And...

He’s encouraging governors to pardon state marijuana offenses. Abbott won’t do it, but I have no doubt that if elected Beto will.

[mountain grammy]

15. Hooray. Thank you Joe

This will help thousands

[AdamGG]

16. Excellent - and perfect thing to do 1 month before midterms

WTG President Biden.

[DinahMoeHum]

17. "Joe Biden pardons weed smokers. . ."

". . . Donald Trump pardons swindlers and war criminals. . . any questions"

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Promise made. Promise kept.

Link to tweet

[OverBurn]

19. Awesome, now take it off the federal list and legalise.

[twodogsbarking]

20. Good one Joe.

[samnsara]

22. gov inslee wash state already pardoned most if not all state charges

..but pots been legal here for 10 years so it was a natural progression

[Farmer-Rick]

24. Wow, great

I never thought he would do this.

Good on him.

[durablend]

25. You of course know

The screeches of "BIDEN RELEASING DANGEROUS CRIMINALS TO GROOM YOUR CHILLLLLLLLLLLLLLDREN!!!" is coming.

[William Seger]

27. Yeah, but they'll always be screeching about something, so who cares (nt)

[calimary]

38. Indeed.

[AllaN01Bear]

26. its about time .

[soldierant]

28. Per Andy Borowitz -

"Biden Releases Marijuana Offenders from Prison to Make Room for Trump Administration."
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/biden-releases-marijuana-offenders-from-prison-to-make-room-for-trump-administration

Even if that wasn't an actual motivator, it's a nice side benefit.

[niyad]

33. That was my first thought.

[Hamlette]

29. Could result in more votes.

This could result in pardons, if the states follow his lead, of thens of thousands of people. And all the people who love them might GOTV.

[Evolve Dammit]

30. As it always should have been. Get the non-violent out of prison. Especially for weed. Go Joe!

[TomSlick]

31. I haven't seen the pardon but the story says the pardons only apply to convictions in DC.

There are also people convicted of simple marijuana possession in federal enclaves like national parks. If he really wanted to go big, he could also pardon folks convicted by court-martial. If he wanted to go really big, he could pardon service members convicted of marijuana use based only on urinalysis tests.

It would be a job to identify all of the people in need of a pardon but it would be a nice move.

[niyad]

34. The line read, "the pardons will ALSO apply to D. C."

[TomSlick]

36. Here's a link to the text of the pardon.

[link:https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/10/06/granting-pardon-for-the-offense-of-simple-possession-of-marijuana/#:~:text=Acting%20pursuant%20to%20the%20grant,offense%20of%20simple%20possession%20of|

It's a blanket pardon leaving the task of issuing certificates of pardon to individuals to DoJ. The pardon will apply to convictions for possession in federal enclaves. The pardon is based on convictions under the federal possession statute at 21 U.S.C. 844. It will not apply to people with simple possession under the UCMJ.

[LiberalLovinLug]

32. The Right likes to throw around and claim the word "liberty" and "freedom"

But remind me again who is for restricting a woman's right to choose?
Who wants to narrowly define what "marriage" is?

And who rails against legalizing pot?


Never understood how they could claim to support the personal freedom mantra.

Liberty and Liberal both come from the same root source.


Unless they are only talking about liberty for the very wealthy to do whatever they like with no consequences.

[lark]

40. Crist should follow suit in FL.

Think this could win it for him! Of course, I am being very optimistic with this statement, of course.