Joe Biden took a step toward marijuana decriminalization last week — but MissMargoPrice says he hasn't gone far enough. 'We need to release every federal cannabis prisoner and administer clemency for them.'
As a kid, I was always taught that marijuana was a terrible drug that would lead you down the path of destruction and failure and addiction. At the same time, I was told that alcohol was okay because everybody in my life drank it: The preacher, my teachers, parents.
[Stand-up comic] Bill Hicks had a lot of great things to say about this. He said, “You’ve got caffeine to keep you going through the week, and then you have alcohol to numb yourself and make you forget about what a pawn you are in their game.” While I am thrilled that Biden has made some moves, we need to legalize cannabis on the federal level. We need to release every federal cannabis prisoner and administer clemency for them. Biden has taken a step in the right direction, but it just impacts 6,500 that had simple possession. We need to make cannabis a lower schedule drug than Schedule I. That would be another step in the right direction.
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