Who will be the last person incarcerated for marijuana in the US?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Before being elected vice president, then-California Sen. Kamala Harris introduced a bill in 2019 to decriminalize marijuana.
44% : As states that have legalized marijuana rake in new tax revenue while creating millions of new jobs, other states are still spending money and resources to keep marijuana off the streets.
42% : The Biden administration has said that it will work to decriminalize marijuana and is promising to expunge past marijuana convictions.
42% : And as recently as June, US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas stated in a case, "A prohibition on interstate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the federal government's piecemeal approach."
40% : Who are the entities that are against the legalization of marijuana and why are they doing so?
38% : But in the remaining states and one territory, and under federal law, cannabis is still illegal, meaning people possessing marijuana can be incarcerated.
38% : Last week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced a bill to decriminalize marijuana, which would remove it from the Federal Controlled Substances List.
36% : As voters decriminalize marijuana across the US, some states are still putting people in jail for marijuana offenses.
36% : Williams has been trying to raise awareness about these disparities in the US and is calling on the federal government to step in and end the prohibition on marijuana.

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