Biden pardons thousands for simple marijuana possession - Must Read Alaska

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : "As I often said during my campaign for President, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana.
42% : Biden also said he will review whether marijuana should be considered a Schedule 1 drug, similar to heroin.
42% : In Alaska, marijuana has been decriminalized and commercial sales of the substance has been in law since voters passed Ballot Measure 2 in 2014.
41% : Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit.
30% : 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," says the transcript of Biden's remarks.

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