President Biden cleared about 6,500 people convicted on federal marijuana charges, and urged states to follow suit, (per The Washington Post). Biden also directed his administration to expedite a review of whether marijuana should continue to be listed as a Schedule 1 substance alongside other much harder drugs, including heroin, LSD and ecstasy. 

On the other side, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), tweeted; “In the midst of a crime wave and on the brink of a recession, Joe Biden is giving blanket pardons to drug offenders – many of whom pled down from more serious charges.”

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