{"id":34296,"date":"2022-10-22T07:02:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/only-federal-marijuana-charges-are-pardoned-by-biden\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T07:02:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:02:12","slug":"only-federal-marijuana-charges-are-pardoned-by-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/only-federal-marijuana-charges-are-pardoned-by-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Only federal marijuana charges are pardoned by Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"WASHINGTON, DC\u2014Questions abound on how President Biden\u2019s recent marijuana possession pardons will impact Indian Country. Those who were convicted on federal charges, and did not have that conviction coupled with other drug or criminal convictions, are eligible for the pardon. Those who were convicted of state charges, regardless of their membership in a given tribe, are not eligible for a pardon.
\nSaying the current marijuana conviction system \u201cmakes no sense,\u201d Biden pardoned thousands of individuals last Thursday. The pardon applies only to \u201csimple marijuana possession,\u201d meaning possessions that do not involve dealing, or harder drugs, or some related criminal activity.
\n\u201cJust as no one should be in a federal prison solely due to the possession of marijuana,\u201d Biden said, \u201cNo one should be in a local jail or state prison for that reason, either.\u201d
\nA White House official said that over 6,500 individuals were pardoned, and thousands more under DC law. However, pardons do not apply to those who were not U.S> citizens or who were in the country illegally.
\nBack in April, members of the DC Marijuana Justice community held a protest calling on the Administration to not only legalize simple marijuana possession, but pardon those convicted on thosem charges and expunge the record of that conviction.
\nCommercial interest benefited from the Biden action as Tilray Brands and Canopy Growth, two marijuana companies gained an average of 26 percent in subsequent trading. Profit taking must have occurred because by Thursday the spike had settled down to former levels.
\nBiden also called for his Administration, particularly Health and Human Services and the Attorney General\u2019s Office, to scrutinize the current marijuana legal classification under federal drug laws.
\nIn addition to the pardons, Biden announced that he has instructed Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra and Attorney General Merrick Garland to begin reviewing how marijuana is classified under federal drug laws. Reiterating his earlier \u201cmakes no sense remark,\u201d Biden said that currently marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug, \u201c\u2026the same as heroin and LSD \u2014 and more serious than fentanyl,\u201d adding, \u201cIt makes no sense.\u201d
\nThe ball is now in the court of the Justice Department\u2019s Office of the Pardon Attorney, and that agency will take the lead administering the pardons, according to an agency spokesman. Each pardoned individual will be provided with a certificate of pardon. All of their previous civil rights will be restored, save where those rights where suspended by a state or other criminal conviction.
\nBiden said: \u201cThere are thousands of people who were convicted for marijuana possession who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My pardon will remove this burden on them.\u201d
\nTwo factors still loom large. One, a hugely disproportionate number of simple marijuana convictions involve people of color. And every single year, almost half of all drug arrests involve marijuana, and most of those arrests result in simple possession convictions.
\nAccording to the ACLU, in 2018 police arrested more people on marijuana charges \u201cthan for all violent crimes combined.\u201d
\nBiden said. \u201cIt is time to right these wrongs. \u201cToo many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana.\u201d
\nIt remains to be seen what the long term political and economic impacts will be due to Biden\u2019s marijuana pardoning or how it will impact Indian reservations. The impact might influence local, state and federal elections, at least, that is what the Democratic Party will be hoping for. The Biden Administration currently have a 53 percent disapproval rating.
\n(Contact James Giago Davies at skindiesel@msn.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, DC\u2014Questions abound on how President Biden\u2019s recent marijuana possession pardons will impact Indian Country. Those who were convicted on federal charges, and did not have that conviction coupled with other drug or criminal convictions, are eligible for the pardon. Those who were convicted of state charges, regardless of their <\/p>\n

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