Pardons, descheduling and the DEA: Making sense of Biden's weed actions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : During the campaign, Biden said he supported moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II in the Controlled Substances Act.
47% : Biden's action is limited to people with federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana, which a senior administration official estimated will affect about 6,500 people.
44% : There are two other ways the federal government could decriminalize marijuana.
39% : That could potentially jeopardize existing state-regulated marijuana markets, because it would put marijuana in the purview of FDA drug regulations.
38% : Congress could pass a law doing so since it created the Controlled Substances Act, where marijuana is classified as Schedule I, defined as having no medical use and high potential for abuse.
35% : Many states that have legalized marijuana have already taken steps to scrap old convictions for marijuana crimes.
28% : While Biden has said that no one should be locked up for using marijuana, there are few people -- if any -- currently incarcerated solely for a federal marijuana possession charge.
27% : Can Biden unilaterally loosen federal restrictions on marijuana?

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