Experts hailed Biden's marijuana pardon as an important first step toward reversing decades of uneven drug enforcement policy targeting Black communities.
A demonstrator waves a marijuana-themed flag in front on the White House. President Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of"simple possession" of marijuana under federal law.A demonstrator waves a marijuana-themed flag in front on the White House. President Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of"simple possession" of marijuana under federal law.
These are the long-term effects of the United States' War on Drugs, pioneered by the administration of disgraced former-President Richard Nixon, which purported to help rein in the interstate trade and use of illegal drugs. "And this has derailed hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people for conduct which is legal and which is disproportionately applied to the African-American community."
"We've seen since the 1970s that marijuana policy was intentionally and malevolently constructed to target the African American community," Willoughby said."And too many people have been caught up as a result of that and have been denied jobs, opportunity, housing and other benefits of this country because of a malevolent policy.
Currently, 19 states have legalized recreational marijuana use and 38 states have provisions for medical use. Five additional states have legalization measures on their midterm ballots.
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