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In a Friday roundtable at the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris doubled down on the Biden administration’s promise to change federal marijuana policy, highlighting pardons, work toward recategorizing cannabis and urging governors to pardon offenders on the state level. Three people pardoned by President Joe Biden for federal marijuana convictions attended the event. They joined Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Grammy-nominated rapper Fat Joe.
Harris is in step with President Biden who highlighted the issue during his State of the Union address. In 2022, the president issued a sweeping pardon for thousands with federal marijuana possession convictions on their record. The process moved slowly, but for many, it was worth the wait. "I have to say the power of a pardon from the White House, people really feel it and it goes a long way to healing our whole community, not just us," said Goldstein."The clemency that we talked about today isn't reaching thousands of people who are still in prison for marijuana violations. And we'd love to see that."
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