Except those victims who were in federal prison for possession who are now all free. Those victims, I think it helps significantly.
As the article notes, Kamela Harris has come out in favor of big marijuana reforms. Also, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act already passed the house in 2022. I honestly don’t know what happened that it died in the Senate or why it didn’t go anywhere, but do you know anything about Biden being specifically responsible for that?
But despite support from top Democrats, the legislation is highly unlikely to move in Congress during this election year. Republicans, many of whom have opposed federal cannabis legalization, control the House, and none have signed on to the bill. Congress has also labored to perform even the most basic duties of governance amid deep divisions within the Republican majority in the House. And few must-pass bills remain, leaving proponents without many opportunities to slip it into a bigger legislative package.
It’s honestly a little bit weird that this story, which the natural packaging of would be “Hey here are a bunch of Democrats working again on getting marijuana federally legal, which is apropos because some more minor things Biden did to loosen marijuana laws are just now coming to pass”, is being packaged as “HERE’S HOW BIDEN IS FUCKING US ON MARIJUANA AGAIN”.
Except those victims who were in federal prison for possession who are now all free. Those victims, I think it helps significantly.
As the article notes, Kamela Harris has come out in favor of big marijuana reforms. Also, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act already passed the house in 2022. I honestly don’t know what happened that it died in the Senate or why it didn’t go anywhere, but do you know anything about Biden being specifically responsible for that?
Some other context about the CAOA:
It’s honestly a little bit weird that this story, which the natural packaging of would be “Hey here are a bunch of Democrats working again on getting marijuana federally legal, which is apropos because some more minor things Biden did to loosen marijuana laws are just now coming to pass”, is being packaged as “HERE’S HOW BIDEN IS FUCKING US ON MARIJUANA AGAIN”.