Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. along with several other progressives are asking President Biden to pardon all federal simple marijuana possession offenses, regardless of immigration status.

A new report entitled 'Weighing the Impact of Simple Possession of Marijuana' updates a 2016 Commission study regarding sentencing in the Federal System. Trends in the Federal System: One part of the ...

Severe immigration consequences for certain non-U.S. citizens remain despite President Joe Biden’s pardon of all prior federal offenses for simple marijuana possession. On October 6, 2022, President ...

President Joe Biden announced Thursday a pardon for all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana in a monumental move that some advocates say helps remedy the “failure” of the war on ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., criticized President Biden for not including illegal immigrants in his pardon for those federally convicted of simple marijuana possession. Ocasio-Cortez made ...

The Justice Department reclassified marijuana as a Schedule III drug, a shift that affects research and taxes but not legalization ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to consider pardoning Floridians who have been convicted of "simple" marijuana possession. Fried's ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - State Rep. JA Moore wants South Carolina to take a page from the federal government’s playbook in issuing pardons for simple marijuana possession. Moore (D-Berkeley, Charleston ...

In early October, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation pardoning certain individuals previously charged with or convicted of simple marijuana possession offenses under federal and Washington, D.C ...