https://nypost.com/2022/10/06/biden-to- ... ossession/All 6,500 people expected to be pardoned federally are not currently in prison, an official said, and “there is no individual currently in federal prisons solely for simple possession of marijuana.”
What is the executive branch supposed to do regarding state convictions? I’ll wait.
And yes, correct. I thought everyone was making a much bigger deal out of this than it is. There will be a practical effect on very, very few people. But for maybe just a few, the effect means everything. A major function of government is to protect the minority.ousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:57 pmhttps://nypost.com/2022/10/06/biden-to- ... ossession/All 6,500 people expected to be pardoned federally are not currently in prison, an official said, and “there is no individual currently in federal prisons solely for simple possession of marijuana.”
for most everyone, this is the more consequential part…and it’s not getting nearly enough playCrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:24 amWhat is the executive branch supposed to do regarding state convictions? I’ll wait.
Now, rescheduling is long overdue. Should have brought that up—fits your narrative much cleaner.
Hopefully it is the first sign of movement towards the additional steps that need to be done (rescheduling). Baby steps.ousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:57 pm actually, that brings up a point:
most marijuana convictions occur at the state level.
sorry, but gotta go full pols bored about this one.
The democratic party in a nutshell: empty gestures carefully crafted for maximum PR lulz.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/06/biden-to- ... ossession/All 6,500 people expected to be pardoned federally are not currently in prison, an official said, and “there is no individual currently in federal prisons solely for simple possession of marijuana.”
Good grief. These things don't distract from anything. So dumb.MICHHAWK wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:12 pm this pot announcement. student loan giveaways. this is what we call the razzle dazzle. meant to distract from what is really going on.
these things are meaningless to almost all. but it is meant to pull our attention away from what is really happening.
targeted towards the young people. somebody needs to tell uncle joe the youngsters don't vote.
Has someone, at some point, told you that you are clever or witty?
Times change. What people wanted 30 years ago isn't what people want today so the fact that Biden was big on sending drug crimes to prison decades ago has no bearing on today other than that we now have decades of additional years of data on just how ineffective locking people up for drug possession crimes is in the overall scheme of things.ousdahl wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 11:52 am More angles:
- so the feds will “initiate the process of reviewing how marijuana is scheduled.” What’s the timeline for that?
- most marijuana convictions occur at the state and local levels. Biden suggested state and local authorities also consider pardons. Is there any teeth to it tho? Could Biden tie that to federal criminal justice grants or something? Won’t many state and local officials just ignore his suggestion otherwise?
- hasn’t Biden otherwise been harsh about drugs, a big proponent of the war on drugs, done a lot to increase policing, increase prisons, increase sentences, and generally grow the police state larger and larger?
Not that that doesn’t mean he can’t do better going forward.
But, doesn’t he at least have some power to do a lot more in a hurry than pardon a calculated small number of folks who weren’t in jail anyway?
I realize things like this may take baby steps. I’m just trying to balance baby steps against meaningless performative gestures.
Cuz didn’t Biden very recently sign a bill giving tens of billions of federal money to cops?
I’m concerned he’s gonna parade around as “the guy who pardoned the potheads” even though he overall actually is and has been on the wrong side of the issue of marijuana, historically and real time.
