President Biden Pardoning Prior Federal Offenses of the Possession of Marijuana By Hezi Aris - Yonkers Tribune.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The president's directive does not diminish the limitations on trafficking, marketing and the underage sale of marijuana; he wants those constraints to remain.
46% : Senior government officials emphasized that there are currently no individuals presently incarcerated for the simple possession of marijuana.
37% : And while white and Black and brown people use marijuana at similar rates, Black and brown people have been arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at disproportionate rates."
36% : "Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana.
24% : President Biden said, "Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit.
23% : YONKERS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY -- OCTOBER 6, 2022 -- The White House has today announced that President Biden is pardoning all prior federal offenses of the simple possession of marijuana.
22% : President Biden has further beseeched the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to review how marijuana is classified under federal law.
19% : The president has asked United State Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to review and consider diminishing marijuana being classified from a Schedule 1 drug, to one defined less so.

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