{"id":220571,"date":"2022-10-07T05:58:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T04:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=220571"},"modified":"2022-10-07T05:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T04:58:41","slug":"biden-pardons-all-federal-offenders-convicted-of-simple-marijuana-possession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/07\/biden-pardons-all-federal-offenders-convicted-of-simple-marijuana-possession\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden pardons ALL federal offenders convicted of simple marijuana possession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of United States,\u00a0 Joe Biden has pardoned all federal offenders convicted of &#8220;simple possession&#8221; of the marijuana in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made on Thursday by Biden via his official Twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst: I\u2019m pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/16\/marijuana-plantation-uncovered-in-abuja-police-arrest-owner\/\">marijuana<\/a> possession. There are thousands of people who were previously convicted of simple possession who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My pardon will remove this burden,\u201d the tweet reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecond: I\u2019m calling on governors to pardon simple state marijuana possession offenses. Just as no one should be in a federal prison solely for possessing marijuana, no one should be in a local jail or state prison for that reason, either.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThird: We classify marijuana at the same level as heroin \u2013 and more serious than fentanyl. It makes no sense. I\u2019m asking<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBecerra\">@SecBecerra\u00a0<\/a><\/span>and the Attorney General to initiate the process of reviewing how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d also like to note that as federal and state regulations change, we still need important limitations on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/10\/03\/lagos-retired-policeman-jailed-one-year-for-raping-sex-trafficking-teenager\/\">trafficking<\/a>, marketing, and underage sales of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives \u2013 for conduct that is legal in many states. That\u2019s before you address the clear racial disparities around prosecution and conviction. Today, we begin to right these wrongs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marijuana is illegal under the US federal law, even as individual states have moved toward legal use for recreational and medical purposes.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2020, the house passed a measure that would decriminalise marijuana at the federal level, but it wasn\u2019t taken up in the Republican-controlled senate.<\/p>\n<p>The move by Biden is a fulfilment of his campaign promise when he said \u201cno one should be in jail because of marijuana\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs President, I will decriminalize cannabis use and automatically expunge prior convictions,\u201d he had added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of United States,\u00a0 Joe Biden has pardoned all federal offenders convicted of &#8220;simple possession&#8221; of the marijuana in the country. 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