President Joe Biden has once again touted his administration\u2019s work to address the \u201cfailed approach to marijuana\u201d\u2014this time as part of a proclamation marking the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.<\/p>\n
The proclamation that was signed on Monday broadly recognizes progress in confronting racial inequities, honoring the legacies of civil rights leaders while describing administrative actions of the Biden administration that support Black communities. One of those actions involves cannabis reform, the president said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Administration is changing our Nation\u2019s failed approach to marijuana, which disproportionately impacts communities of color,\u201d the proclamation<\/a> says. \u201cI have used executive clemency more than any recent President at this point in my Presidency in pursuit of justice and fairness.\u201d<\/p>\n While he generally referred to acts of clemency, Biden has specifically pardoned thousands of people who\u2019ve committed marijuana possession offenses. He also directed a cannabis scheduling review that led the Justice Department to propose reclassifying the drug. A public comment period to weigh in on that proposed rule is ongoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also discussed the Civil Rights Act proclamation at a briefing on Tuesday, where she echoed the point that the Biden administration is \u201cchanging our country\u2019s failed approach to marijuana, which disproportionately impacts communities of color.\u201d<\/p>\n The president has also previously promoted his cannabis pardons and scheduling directive<\/a> in proclamations marking \u201cSecond Chance Month.\u201d In 2022, he pointed to the pardons as an example of how his administration is tackling racial justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last month, the White House separately said Biden \u201ccommends and welcomes\u201d recent news<\/a> that Maryland\u2019s governor has issued over 175,000 pardons for marijuana and paraphernalia convictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n In May, meanwhile, Biden also discussed his mass marijuana pardons at a rally in Philadelphia<\/a>, where he finally acknowledged that his clemency actions did not expunge records after he had repeatedly suggested they did.<\/p>\n While the president might have adjusted his rhetoric to reflect the realities of the clemency action, he hasn\u2019t indicated that he\u2019s willing to offer relief for offenses beyond simple possession. In fact, he\u2019s specifically said that growing or distributing cannabis is \u201ca different deal.\u201d<\/p>\n The White House drug czar, Rahul Gupta, has also discussed the rescheduling move multiple times over the past month, framing it as a \u201chistoric\u201d reform that could open the door to cannabis-based drug development. However, he\u2019s also inflated the impact of a Schedule III reclassification, at one point\u00a0suggesting it would address racial disparities in marijuana enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Biden-Harris campaign has also drawn a contrast between\u00a0the marijuana policy actions of their administration and that of former President Donald Trump<\/a>, pointing out that DOJ under his administration rescinded federal cannabis enforcement guidance that generally laid out a policy of non-interference with legal marijuana states.<\/p>\n New Jersey AG Says Company Illegally Discriminated Against Medical Marijuana Patient By Rescinding Job Offer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post Biden Touts Work To Address \u2018Failed Approach To Marijuana\u2019 In Civil Rights Act Proclamation<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden has once again touted his administration\u2019s work to address the \u201cfailed approach to marijuana\u201d\u2014this time as part of a proclamation marking the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The proclamation that was signed on Monday broadly recognizes progress in confronting racial inequities, honoring the legacies ofContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,81,126],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76711"}],"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=76711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76712,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76711\/revisions\/76712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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