As Police Commissioners and the Home Secretary in the UK call for reclassification of cannabis to Class A (which would mean higher penalties), this happened in the same week as Joe Biden pardons everyone convicted of possession.
Here is a quote from him:
“Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit,” Biden said in a statement on Thursday afternoon. “Criminal records for marijuana possession have also imposed needless barriers to employment, housing and educational opportunities. And while white and Black and brown people use marijuana at similar rates, Black and brown people have been arrested, prosecuted and convicted at disproportionate rates.”
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Updated: 7th October 2022