President Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted of Marijuana Possession | Atlanta Daily World

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The Justice Department issued a statement saying it would "expeditiously administer the President's proclamation, which pardons individuals who engaged in simple possession of marijuana, restoring political, civil, and other rights to those convicted of that offense.
41% : "Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit.
39% : "As I often said during my campaign for President, no one should be in jail for just using or possessing marijuana," Biden said in a statement announcing the pardons.
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.
20% : The pardons, which Biden and his long time friend and commander-in-chief Barack Obama have contended for years that enforcement and punishment for simple marijuana possession had been doled out unfairly and that Black Americans were disproportionate impacted by these low-level crimes.

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