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Biden pardons thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession, orders review of federal pot laws
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Posted on 10/08/2022 7:24:20 AM PDT by CptnObvious

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Biden Increases Crime before an Midterm Election. The mainstream Media will say he is a Genius. More like an ANCHOR FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY!!
1 posted on 10/08/2022 7:24:20 AM PDT by CptnObvious
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Trying to buy every vote he can.

Student loan forgiveness. Marijuana sentence forgiveness.

What’s next? Tax debt forgiveness? That’ll never happen.


2 posted on 10/08/2022 7:26:45 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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Pandering to the “hey,man..this is really kool $hit” community.


3 posted on 10/08/2022 7:26:54 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I Miss Jimmy Carter)
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How many were big time traffickers that plea bargained down to “simple possession”? DOH! Bet the lame stream media won’t be asking that question will they? šŸ¤¬šŸ¤”


4 posted on 10/08/2022 7:28:04 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? šŸ˜•)
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Absolutely. The correlation between pot and crime has been well-documented since the 1930s, and it’s only getting worse.


5 posted on 10/08/2022 7:28:09 AM PDT by Observator
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I can’t even imagine the outcry in the media had a Republican pardoned drug offenders.


6 posted on 10/08/2022 7:28:34 AM PDT by Round Earther
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Does this include Hunter?


7 posted on 10/08/2022 7:29:04 AM PDT by Don Corleone (leave the gun, take the canolis)
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The feds were involved in simple mj possession?
8 posted on 10/08/2022 7:29:15 AM PDT by Jolla
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Every state that has legalized pot has seen increased crime and taken on Third World Sh!thole” status. Joey Crappy Pants now wants to spread that to the entire country.
FJB


9 posted on 10/08/2022 7:30:06 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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I canā€™t even imagine the outcry in the media had a Republican pardoned drug offenders.

No need to imagine- it was intense. Here's one of the media freakouts when Trump pardoned drug offenders: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/926374277/trump-grants-clemency-to-5-most-incarcerated-for-drug-offenses
10 posted on 10/08/2022 7:30:26 AM PDT by Observator
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"Simple marijuana possession"

Guessing these convictions that are being pardoned are actually not that simple. I suspect most of these possessions were either a third strike after two more serious convictions, or were not one or two ounces of MJ, but of drug amounts in the trafficking range, or some other factor that puts a lie to the spin.

11 posted on 10/08/2022 7:32:02 AM PDT by TimSkalaBim
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I think he has it assbackwards.

The legislative branch needs to change the laws, the FDA needs to change the classification (marijuana is currently a Schedule I controlled substance, federally illegal to possess or use), before he starts issuing blank pardons for people who violated federal laws his handlers donā€™t agree with.

Iā€™m pretty sure the swearing in oath that the politicians take when assuming office, doesnā€™t include an ā€œopt-outā€ provision for the laws they donā€™t agree with. Personally, Iā€™m not a fan of legalizing any drugs, but I am a fan of the Constitution and the Constitutional processes.


12 posted on 10/08/2022 7:37:26 AM PDT by MCSETots
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Ya know - - I don’t smoke the weed. Apparently it can make you stupid and psychotic but in order to cope with idiocy of this regime I m ight take it up!


13 posted on 10/08/2022 7:37:33 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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Very few if any people in federal prison are there for what he is giving pardons for.


14 posted on 10/08/2022 7:38:13 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
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Nobody goes to Federal prison for simple possession

Plea deals to hide the gun charges and drug trafficking


15 posted on 10/08/2022 7:39:33 AM PDT by digger48
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I don’t think any of Trump’s pardons were for crimes as serious as marijuana possession.


16 posted on 10/08/2022 7:40:01 AM PDT by Round Earther
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I’m a RED state pot-user who thinks this is a good idea. Republcans oppose this at their own peril. Plenty of Red state folks are po users


17 posted on 10/08/2022 7:42:29 AM PDT by teofila
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When the Washington legislature was getting ready to decriminalize pot, one of them asked an aid find out how inmates there were in the state correctional facilities for marijuana. Out of 17,000 in the system, one was there for marijuana. They legalized it anyway and still cheered about how decriminalization would relieve congestion in the stateā€™s prisons. The rats are shameless.


18 posted on 10/08/2022 7:42:44 AM PDT by Spok (Homelessness will not be solved by incentivizing it; it must be made harder, not easier.)
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I’m a RED state pot-user who thinks this is a good idea. Republcans oppose this at their own peril. Plenty of Red state folks are pot users


19 posted on 10/08/2022 7:42:45 AM PDT by teofila
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“..The correlation between pot and crime has been well-documented since the 1930s, and itā€™s only getting worse....”

Yep. It’s also considered a “gateway drug” to harder stuff by many folks.
In addition to the crime increase, it also takes its toll on the general workforce. Getting reliable people that will come to work on time and stay focused on what their job is becomes more difficult where this stuff is legalized. There’s always additional “unintended consequences” to this kind of BS, but a RAT just doesn’t get it or even care.


20 posted on 10/08/2022 7:43:12 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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