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President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession 4
#27984628 - 10/06/22 01:03 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, the White House announced Thursday.
The pardons will also apply to anyone in the District of Columbia convicted of simple possession of marijuana, a senior administration official told reporters.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: geokills] 1
#27984653 - 10/06/22 01:20 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Source: Whitehouse.gov
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BRIEFING ROOM Statement from President Biden on Marijuana Reform OCTOBER 06, 2022 • STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
As I often said during my campaign for President, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit. Criminal records for marijuana possession have also imposed needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities. 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. Today, I am announcing three steps that I am taking to end this failed approach. First, I am announcing a pardon of all prior Federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana. I have directed the Attorney General to develop an administrative process for the issuance of certificates of pardon to eligible individuals. There are thousands of people who have prior Federal convictions for marijuana possession, who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My action will help relieve the collateral consequences arising from these convictions. Second, I am urging all Governors to do the same with regard to state offenses. Just as no one should be in a Federal prison solely due to the possession of marijuana, no one should be in a local jail or state prison for that reason, either. Third, I am asking the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to initiate the administrative process to review expeditiously how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. Federal law currently classifies marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the classification meant for the most dangerous substances. This is the same schedule as for heroin and LSD, and even higher than the classification of fentanyl and methamphetamine – the drugs that are driving our overdose epidemic. Finally, even as federal and state regulation of marijuana changes, important limitations on trafficking, marketing, and under-age sales should stay in place. Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. It’s time that we right these wrongs.
I'd have to imagine a lot of marijuana offenders are on the hook with state authorities more so than the Fed's, but it's a positive step in the right direction, nevertheless. Asking for a review of the official scheduling of marijuana is awesome!
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: geokills] 1
#27984683 - 10/06/22 01:36 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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This is great
but like you said, I've got a feeling that most Marijuana possession cases are at the state level.. I don't really understand how you'd end up with a federal simple possession charge unless it was for getting busted with a sack in a federal building or something
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: Rotnpins]
#27984835 - 10/06/22 03:06 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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For all 50 states? Whattt….wtf. The balls on this fucking grandpa…holy shit.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: ButtFace]
#27984916 - 10/06/22 04:09 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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I’m curious as to how this would affect Military people, or federal employees who live on federal property.
Since the Military is federal jurisdiction, and they have a lot of their own laws, and guidlines for their peeps.
Does this mean that anyone who was charged with a “simple possession” inside the property line of a military base (federal property) would be expunged?
I feel like this is something that’s being done to win over voters and be highly publicized by the media to mainly attract voters who don’t know any better, and simply vote based off of the most recent billboard of commercial they saw and are not in tune with any real political consequences. As you all have basically said already...my gut tells me “this is a publicity stunt for votes, but will not actually materialize in any substantial way”
I say that, but it would be an amazing feat to eliminate all of those non-violent, simple possession charges that exist for no reason other than looks and $.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: TheShroomanizer]
#27985657 - 10/06/22 10:28 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Joe biden drafted the bill that kicked off the drug war. This is without a doubt an attempt by democrats to gain support for the midterms. Who cares though. Both major parties suck, so any positive movement from either is a plus.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: Jacubey]
#27985885 - 10/07/22 06:16 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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The president can’t unilaterally change the Controlled Substances Act. Still, the law allows the administration to change marijuana’s status through a formal rule-making process with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice. On Thursday, Biden said he would ask HHS secretary Xavier Becerra and Attorney General Merrick Garland to initiate that process.[emphasis added]
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Jacubey said: Joe biden drafted the bill that kicked off the drug war. This is without a doubt an attempt by democrats to gain support for the midterms. Who cares though. Both major parties suck, so any positive movement from either is a plus.
I think you are confusing Biden for Nixon. Biden was not even a member of the Senate when the controlled substances act was first passed.
There is no doubt he has stood in the way of progress in the past, playing the part of the tough on crime moderate in order to secure past elections, and acted to support and expand the war on drugs...but that's because he is a career politician and not an ideologue and was doing what would get him the most votes at the time...there is no reason to expect he won't change his possession as the political winds change and it becomes beneficial for him.
There are positives to electing politicians which govern based on current will of the majority, rather than ideologues which will proudly oppose the will of the majority.
Yeah both parties suck, but they are anything but the same, claiming so is ignorant reductionist thinking. The GOP is a monolith of stupid and evil...while the Democratic party is a big tent party with conservatives wings, progressive wings, moderates, third way democrats, and neo-liberals...it makes it harder to maintain party unity but it helps keeping the GOP out of power.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Biden fan. Warren was my pick and I was very disappointed by the Obama administrations turn to the center after being elected. But he has at least tried to make real progress on pressing issues, GOP obstructionism(and a lack of party unity) tanked his policy agenda. But at least he isn't Trump and has done anything too damaging while in office.
With Congress split the way it is it's unreasonable to expect any real progress on democratic policy priorities.
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Both major parties suck, so any positive movement from either is a plus.
Don't hold your breath waiting for positive movement from the "party of no". Who are currently attacking our democracy, while trying to sabotage the administrative state and bankrupt our government in order destroy our social safety net. They are more concerned with providing cheap labor for the ownership class than they are with raising wages for the working class, expanding the middle class, or supporting upward economic trajectories. And think income inequality is a good thing as long as it leads to more billionaires.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: Holybullshit]
#27988640 - 10/08/22 04:21 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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White House officials admit there is nobody currently serving time in a federal prison solely on marijuana possession charges.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: passifloracaerulea]
#27988753 - 10/08/22 05:14 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Isn't this government great. Pandering and gas lighting is the only things they know how to do anymore.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: passifloracaerulea]
#27989168 - 10/08/22 09:05 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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passifloracaerulea said: White House officials admit there is nobody currently serving time in a federal prison solely on marijuana possession charges.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: Rotnpins]
#27989256 - 10/08/22 10:14 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Democrat do someting gud in direction of positive change... = Democrat actually bad, trying to steal your freedums n guns
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: passifloracaerulea]
#27989951 - 10/09/22 10:54 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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passifloracaerulea said: White House officials admit there is nobody currently serving time in a federal prison solely on marijuana possession charges.
But they might be looking for jobs...
Not to mention prosecutors are infamous for tacking on as many charges as possible to elicit a plea deal, or failing that to use as ammo at trial.
And this could lead to reduced time for those still in prison.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: Holybullshit]
#27990035 - 10/09/22 11:35 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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biden needs to lite up a spliff in support of the people during his next state of the union address 
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: The Blind Ass]
#27990147 - 10/09/22 12:49 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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I wish people could see through this...I mean,
This party, Biden’s Cabinet, etc. they have screwed up soooo bad that it’s border line “Time to Buy votes”.
And if all else fails, you can always blame the other guy, and come up with some new media bangers to distract an increasingly stupid audience.
Idk which is worse, a president that is bad at lying, and a scumbag (Trump), or a president that is good at lying, and a scumbag that does what he’s told by the powers that be (Biden).
Either way, those on top are never the friend to those on the bottom, and this is still a publicity stunt for votes.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: TheShroomanizer]
#27990159 - 10/09/22 12:58 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Ask yourselves who wrote the crack penalty bill and who wrote the 94 crime bill that gave funding to militarize the police and created over 200,000 new prison cells.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: passifloracaerulea]
#27990195 - 10/09/22 01:19 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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yeah no shit but thats small time thinking..
i mean so is this whole thing but thats beside the point at this moment.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: The Blind Ass]
#27990252 - 10/09/22 01:54 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Just wait. Biden will put weed on schedule 2 and wipe out every legal dispensary in the country.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: Holybullshit]
#27990481 - 10/09/22 03:58 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Holybullshit said:
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The president can’t unilaterally change the Controlled Substances Act. Still, the law allows the administration to change marijuana’s status through a formal rule-making process with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice. On Thursday, Biden said he would ask HHS secretary Xavier Becerra and Attorney General Merrick Garland to initiate that process.[emphasis added]
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Jacubey said: Joe biden drafted the bill that kicked off the drug war. This is without a doubt an attempt by democrats to gain support for the midterms. Who cares though. Both major parties suck, so any positive movement from either is a plus.
I think you are confusing Biden for Nixon. Biden was not even a member of the Senate when the controlled substances act was first passed.
There is no doubt he has stood in the way of progress in the past, playing the part of the tough on crime moderate in order to secure past elections, and acted to support and expand the war on drugs...but that's because he is a career politician and not an ideologue and was doing what would get him the most votes at the time...there is no reason to expect he won't change his possession as the political winds change and it becomes beneficial for him.
There are positives to electing politicians which govern based on current will of the majority, rather than ideologues which will proudly oppose the will of the majority.
Yeah both parties suck, but they are anything but the same, claiming so is ignorant reductionist thinking. The GOP is a monolith of stupid and evil...while the Democratic party is a big tent party with conservatives wings, progressive wings, moderates, third way democrats, and neo-liberals...it makes it harder to maintain party unity but it helps keeping the GOP out of power.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Biden fan. Warren was my pick and I was very disappointed by the Obama administrations turn to the center after being elected. But he has at least tried to make real progress on pressing issues, GOP obstructionism(and a lack of party unity) tanked his policy agenda. But at least he isn't Trump and has done anything too damaging while in office.
With Congress split the way it is it's unreasonable to expect any real progress on democratic policy priorities.
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Both major parties suck, so any positive movement from either is a plus.
Don't hold your breath waiting for positive movement from the "party of no". Who are currently attacking our democracy, while trying to sabotage the administrative state and bankrupt our government in order destroy our social safety net. They are more concerned with providing cheap labor for the ownership class than they are with raising wages for the working class, expanding the middle class, or supporting upward economic trajectories. And think income inequality is a good thing as long as it leads to more billionaires.
You war criminal capitalist war party member supporters are attempting to brainwash others to support war criminals, capitalist domination of everything and mass oppression of animals, people and earth. I urge others not to fall for this attempted rationalization of supporting the vile criminal unDemocratic capitalist war criminal party.
As for the action in question, this is the weakest most meaningless pro status quo pro drug war measure meant to fool the weak minded who are content with crumbs from the oppressors garbage can. For the non reading non comprehending among us SIMPLE POSSESSION means this is a meaningless pro status quo propaganda.
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Re: President Joe Biden to Pardon All Prior Federal Offenses for Simple Marijuana Possession [Re: geokills] 1
#27990495 - 10/09/22 04:04 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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