It’s past time to not only reverse the damages that the “war on drugs” has caused but also to open the doors of opportunity.
As a formerly incarcerated person myself — from a community where drugs was the preferred economy, because people live in a constant survival mode — to now have those records wiped clean and so many barriers removed has me excited to see the next bold steps the president is willing to take.
Yes, this is what many who voted for then-candidate Biden were hoping for, and he has now delivered on an important part of that promise — one month before the crucial midterm elections. Now we need the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice to deschedule marijuana completely, in order to fully remove criminal penalties, and we need to call on the Biden administration for broader clemency for people who’ve been incarcerated on other marijuana charges, as well.
My organization, JustLeadershipUSA, and other members of the Marijuana Justice Coalition have issued our, which we believe is the next bold step Congress and the president need to take. This legislation would fully remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, provide expungement and resentencing for past marijuana convictions beyond simple possession, and comprehensively repair the harms of marijuana criminalization.
Ultimately, there is only one defensible policy direction for the federal government to take: decriminalization and clemency. Our government should pursue these two objectives as boldly as it once pursued the “war on drugs,” which caused so much of our oppression.
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