Articles tagged with "President Biden"
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President Biden to pardon federal marijuana prisoners and start rescheduling process
Bruce Barcott and Calvin Stovall - Published on October 6, 2022read moreThis is a big fucking deal. Biden frees prisoners and starts a process that could result in legalization.”Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives,” he tweeted.
Pennsylvania’s Fetterman has smoke for Biden over weed reform
Amelia Williams - Published on August 31, 2022read moreThe President hasn’t lived up to 2020 campaign promises about cannabis legalization. Will this larger-than-life US Senate candidate finally hold Biden to his word?
‘No one should be in prison for marijuana,’ Biden declares
Bruce Barcott - Published on July 19, 2022read moreYou do know you’re the one in charge of that, right Joe?
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As Biden waffles on weed reform, Dems press him to do, like, any-f’ing-thing
Max Savage Levenson - Published on July 6, 2022read moreSix frustrated senators sent Biden a letter on July 6, demanding that the President deschedule cannabis, and issue mass pardons, ASAP.
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350,000 Americans not named Brittney Griner ‘wrongfully detained’ over cannabis
Bruce Barcott - Published on May 3, 2022read moreJoe Biden’s government is defending the WNBA All-Star arrested for cannabis in Russia, while supporting the arrest of 350,000 here at home.
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President Biden commutes sentences of 9 marijuana prisoners
Max Savage Levenson - Published on April 26, 2022read moreOf the 78 people whose sentences were reduced, 9 involved cannabis offenses.
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Senate hopeful Gary Chambers vows to hold President Biden to his federal legalization promise
Mehka King - Published on March 3, 2022read moreThe Louisiana native spoke to Leafly about his plans to push for federal legalization and mass-expungements if elected.
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Where does Biden’s Supreme Court nominee stand on marijuana legalization? Here’s what we found
Bruce Barcott - Published on February 25, 2022read moreJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson has real-world experience with America’s drug laws.
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Entertainers and athletes double down on Presidential request for mass cannabis pardons
Calvin Stovall - Published on September 20, 2021read moreAthletes and entertainers help The Weldon Project remind President Biden about cannabis expungements and campaign promises.
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President Biden isn’t ‘too busy’ to carry out the cruelties of the Drug War
Bruce Barcott - Published on April 8, 2021read moreNearly three months in, Joe Biden’s legalization record stinks. It’s time for him to step up.
