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President Joe Biden\u2019s move to pardon people who\u2019ve committed federal marijuana possession offenses is popular among the public, according to a pair of new polls. And the White House is taking note of the strong support.<\/p>\n
Separate surveys released on Tuesday by USA Today\/Ipsos and Politico\/Morning Consult show majority support for the pardon action, as well as Biden\u2019s directive to conduct a review of the federal scheduling of cannabis<\/a>. Most Americans also want to see their governors follow suit with clemency at the state level, as the president has encouraged.<\/p>\n For the first poll from Ipsos and USA Today, 67 percent of respondents said that they back Biden\u2019s pardon proclamation. That includes a majority of Democrats (82 percent) and independents (71 percent). About half of Republicans (45 percent) said they support the decision.<\/p>\n White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain shared the poll on Twitter, indicating that the administration is closely monitoring public reaction to the cannabis move with the midterm elections just weeks away.<\/p>\n Strong support for the @POTUS<\/a> executive actions on marijuana:https:\/\/t.co\/ZuVrBJZTKb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) October 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The poll also shows that three out of four Americans (74 percent) are in favor of removing marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, which could happen depending on the outcome of a scientific review that the Justice Department and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are now \u201cexpeditiously\u201d carrying out<\/a> following Biden\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n There was strong bipartisan support for taking cannabis out of Schedule I, with 84 percent of Democrats, 74 percent of independents and 58 percent of Republicans saying that they back that proposal.<\/p>\n Via USA Today\/Ipsos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Additionally, 68 percent of respondents said that they support having their state\u2019s governor issue pardons for people with marijuana possession convictions at the state level, where the bulk of cannabis cases are prosecuted. Support was strongest among Democrats (83 percent) and lowest among Republicans (44 percent).<\/p>\n A number of governors have said that they\u2019d be reviewing their authority to grant cannabis clemency<\/a> in light of the president\u2019s action.<\/p>\n The poll also asked more broadly where respondents stand on releasing people who are incarcerated over marijuana possession at the state and federal levels. It found that 67 percent back that proposal, including 81 percent of Democrats, 72 percent of independents and 42 percent of Republicans.<\/p>\n In response to another question, most Americans (62 percent) said that decriminalizing marijuana would be an important step toward addressing the racial injustice in the criminal legal system, while 33 percent said the policy change would increase crime, drug trafficking and underage cannabis use.<\/p>\n One more data point that underscores the significance of Biden\u2019s surprise marijuana policy announcements is the fact that 72 percent of respondents said that they\u2019ve at least heard about the news by the time the survey was administered just days after the action.<\/p>\n The poll<\/a> involved interviews with 1,028 adults from October 7-9, with a roughly +\/-6 percentage point margin of error.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the separate Politico and Morning Consult survey<\/a> similarly found 65 percent of voters support the president\u2019s pardons, and 69 percent back conducting a scheduling review.<\/p>\n About 80 percent of Democrats said they favor both moves. A majority of Republicans (57 percent) said they favor potentially rescheduling cannabis, while 46 percent said they support the possession pardons.<\/p>\n The survey\u2014which involved interviews with 2,006 registered voters from October 7-9, with a +\/-2 percentage point margin of error\u2014also found that more than two-thirds of respondents were familiar with Biden\u2019s action.<\/p>\n A third, earlier poll released the day after the announcement found that a majority of Americans are in favor of Biden\u2019s pardon proclamation<\/a>, and most also want to see their own governors follow suit with state-level cannabis relief.<\/p>\n Vice President Kamala Harris said on Monday that voters should elect lawmakers who support marijuana reform so that Congress can enact a \u201cuniform approach\u201d to the issue in light of the president\u2019s cannabis pardons<\/a>.<\/p>\n For his part, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said recently that he appreciates the \u201csignificant\u201d step that the president has taken,\u00a0but there\u2019s \u201cmore that we can do\u201d<\/a>\u00a0to address the drug war and he\u2019s \u201cvery hopeful\u201d that additional reform can be enacted before the end of this Congress.<\/p>\n While the senator said that he does believe legalization could pass, the expectation is that Congress will work to advance\u00a0a package of incremental marijuana reform proposals<\/a>\u00a0that includes banking and research legislation during the lame duck session.<\/p>\n Several Cabinet-level officials have\u00a0celebrated Biden\u2019s cannabis reform actions<\/a>, including the heads of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and Department of Labor.<\/p>\n Who Is Left Behind By Biden\u2019s Marijuana Pardon? Immigrants, Military Members And More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Photo courtesy of Max Pixel<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post White House Touts New Polling That Shows Strong Support For Biden\u2019s Marijuana Pardons<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden\u2019s move to pardon people who\u2019ve committed federal marijuana possession offenses is popular among the public, according to a pair of new polls. And the White House is taking note of the strong support. Separate surveys released on Tuesday by USA Today\/Ipsos and Politico\/Morning Consult show majority supportContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":57455,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57456,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57454\/revisions\/57456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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