The Justice Department said it will implement a process to provide certificates of pardon in the coming days. Pardons don't apply to individuals who were non-citizens not lawfully present in the U.S. at the time of their offense. Pardons: Biden announced a pardon of "all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana." The pardons clear about 6,500 people who were convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law between 19.More: In historic move, Biden pardons those with federal convictions for possessing marijuana What does it mean to be pardoned? The moves are a dramatic escalation toward the national discrimination of marijuana as the president targets low-level drug convictions that have disproportionately affected people of color. Rescheduling the drug could reduce – or eliminate altogether – penalties for marijuana possession. The president also set the stage to potentially remove marijuana as a Schedule 1 classification under federal law, a designation given to the most dangerous substances. WASHINGTON - In a seismic shift Thursday that upends decades of policy that facilitated the nation's "war on drugs," President Joe Biden pardoned everyone with federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana. The moves could energize young, Black and Latino voters before the midterm elections.The president also set the stage to potentially remove marijuana as a Schedule 1 classification.Biden announced a pardon of "all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana.".
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