BREAKING NEWS: Biden to Pardon all Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession, Review Criminalization
President Joe Biden will direct U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Attorney General Merrick Garland to review how marijuana is classified under federal law as a Schedule I drug, the Drug Enforcement Agency’s most dangerous classification that includes substances like heroin and LSD photo/Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.
WASHINGTON/Oct. 6, 2022 — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced executive actions that would pardon thousands of people with prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession.
Biden then called on governors to follow suit with state offenses for simple marijuana possession, saying that “just as no one should be in a Federal prison solely due to the possession of marijuana, no one should be …
