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By Malaika Jabali· Updated October 6, 2022
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced he would pardon all prior federal offenses for simple marijuana possession.
While on the campaign trail, Biden stated “[n]o one should be in jail because of marijuana. As president, I will decriminalize cannabis use and automatically expunge prior convictions.”
In a statement announcing today’s move, the president highlighted the social barriers for those with marijuana possession convictions: “There
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