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Biden pardons all Americans on federal marijuana use charges
Washington Examiner ^ | December 22, 2023 10:37 AM | by Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Reporter

Posted on 12/22/2023 7:45:14 AM PST by Red Badger

President Joe Biden took major action ahead of the holiday and pardoned all Americans arrested, prosecuted, or convicted on federal charges for marijuana use, following through on his 2020 campaign promise to expunge cannabis use offenses.

Biden signed a proclamation Friday that forgives U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents caught by law enforcement for possessing the drug and charged, going far beyond the sweeping actions he took last year for thousands of people convicted of possession.

The new action includes "additional offenses of simple possession and use of marijuana under federal and D.C. law," the White House said in a statement issued Friday morning.

The Biden administration did not provide an estimate for how many people would be affected, but it noted that those convicted of selling or transporting marijuana were not included in the pardon.

The White House's hope in taking such broad action was to make it easier for people with criminal records to be able to obtain work and housing as a result of clearing their records of the felony offense.

"Criminal records for marijuana use and possession have imposed needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities," Biden said. "Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. It’s time that we right these wrongs."

People convicted of violating state marijuana laws are not eligible for this latest pardon, but Biden urged governors to take similar actions to absolve state charges.

Biden will take additional action Friday and commute the prison sentences of 11 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, including some mandatory life sentences, according to the White House. These commutations are the latest since he took similar action in April.

"Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is using his authority under the Constitution to uphold the values of redemption and rehabilitation by commuting the sentences of 11 fellow Americans who are serving unduly long sentences for non-violent drug offenses," the White House said in its announcement.

The Biden administration moved earlier this year to reclassify marijuana to a lower category on the Drug Enforcement Administration's scale. The Department of Health and Human Services proposed that the DEA move marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug.

As a Schedule I drug, marijuana is defined as a drug with no medical use and a high potential for abuse or addiction. Schedule II drugs may have some medically acceptable uses but still come with a high risk of abuse or addiction. Schedule III drugs contain smaller amounts of narcotic and non-narcotic drugs.


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To: Gay State Conservative

Roger that.


101 posted on 12/22/2023 5:01:48 PM PST by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: Red Badger

Guess son Hunter will be pardoned next and save the gov-mint and congress all that needs to be done to put the punk in jail for 50 years.


102 posted on 12/22/2023 5:03:09 PM PST by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: Red Badger

Maybe FPSRussia will be cleared of all wrongdoing.


103 posted on 12/22/2023 5:06:51 PM PST by Sawdring
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To: Elsie

ICWYDT...


104 posted on 12/22/2023 5:33:54 PM PST by Does so ( 🇺🇦..."Christian-Nationalists" won WWII...Biden NOT DNC nominee!t)
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To: Red Badger

So pardons (I though) were for one person at a time not thousands or millions at a time


105 posted on 12/22/2023 5:59:50 PM PST by blueyon (God, is who we need)
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To: Red Badger
Probably almost no one is going to read this, but Biden just pardoned a bunch of criminals...many of whom will seek out people who testified against them and kill them. Did the administration think about that??? Biden and anyone still working in his administration are traitors and need to be tried for same.
106 posted on 12/22/2023 7:26:35 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: jacknhoo

Comic books are a gateway to porn.

Tricycles are a gateway to Hells Angels.

Singing to a child is a gateway to Springsteen.

Cornflakes are a gateway to obesity.


107 posted on 12/22/2023 7:29:53 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Magnum44
Won’t give you heat, but Biden just made a mockery of the pardon process. Each case for a presidential pardon should be individually reviewed. A blanket pardon is an abuse of the executive branches pardon power. JMHO.

The "blanket" is a PR stunt. Every person convicted of the crime "pardoned" has a criminal history record that will need to have administrative activity applied. It's not a trivial volume of work. It may takes months to complete the official records updates...assuming the courts don't bring Biden up short and refuse to honor his stunt.

I'm thankful that my wife is retiring from her job as a police/fire/EMS dispatcher on Dec 27th. We will have one more Christmas holiday spoiled by having to work Sunday through Wednesday this week.

108 posted on 12/22/2023 7:36:41 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: ridesthemiles
ANY persons I might be hiring MUST be clean.

When I was building a mission planning system for a foreign customer, we had an application seeking employment as a software developer. He admitted chronic use of marijuana and asked for special consideration to not come to work on days when he was high. We just laughed. Really? I'm developing software for the Grob120, Beechcraft T6, Embraer Phenom 100, and H135/H145 helicopters. Full flight performance software using 6 dimensional quadri-linear interpolation that must match the manufacturers "book" calculations precisely. Any screw-up could crash an aircraft. There is no way we were taking on the liability of a pot smoker on the development staff.

109 posted on 12/22/2023 7:46:24 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Red Badger

Something Trump should have done.


110 posted on 12/22/2023 7:55:28 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Gay State Conservative

No victim, no crime.


111 posted on 12/22/2023 7:55:38 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Grass?

Really???? LOL

112 posted on 12/22/2023 8:34:47 PM PST by Moleman
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To: Red Badger

The dumbing down of America accelerates


113 posted on 12/22/2023 10:25:51 PM PST by Mozzafiato
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

This nation is coming apart so fast it is dizzying

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From just reading a dozen threads here, you are 100% correct!

The writing on the wall mene mene etc...


114 posted on 12/22/2023 11:09:56 PM PST by Syncro (God is Good--Facts is Facts)
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To: NeverTyranny

Howzat workin’ out for us so far?


115 posted on 12/23/2023 3:05:54 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: for-q-clinton

...or singlely; either.


116 posted on 12/23/2023 3:07:55 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: DoodleBob

Breathing causes death.


117 posted on 12/23/2023 3:09:08 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: wastedyears
Almost...

No law, no crime.

118 posted on 12/23/2023 3:10:32 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Red Badger

People charged with federal crimes on this were probably dealers


119 posted on 12/23/2023 4:27:14 AM PST by I got the rope
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

It’s too bad you don’t know more about history, 30 years prior to that the ATF (unconstitutional by name alone) and Harry Anslinger began the war on drugs with much propaganda for nefarious government purposes. Does MJ really make black men rape white women?


120 posted on 12/23/2023 4:48:14 AM PST by BrandtMichaels ( Why I Oughta! One of these days... Bang, Zoom, To The Moon!)
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