Joe Biden

My intent is to pardon only the offence of simple possession of marijuana in violation of federal law ... and not any other offences related to marijuana ...

“For nearly two years, NORML has called upon the Administration to fulfil the President’s campaign promise to provide relief to those stigmatized with a low-level cannabis conviction. “No one deserves to be in jail for a joint. [Senator Tom Cotton called Biden’s action](https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1578116642969714688) “a desperate attempt to distract from failed leadership.” [Gallup poll](https://news.gallup.com/poll/356939/support-legal-marijuana-holds-record-high.aspx) found that 50 per cent of Republicans support cannabis legalization, not everyone reacted positively to the news. Senate and a signatory on the letter sent to Biden in July, senators sent a letter to President Biden, In July, a group of U.S. and not any other offences related to marijuana or other controlled substances,” he added. President Joe Biden has finally taken steps toward fulfilling his campaign promises of overhauling U.S. Nearly two years into his first term, and just weeks ahead of the November midterm elections, U.S. Article content and not any other offences related to marijuana or other controlled substances'

WASHINGTON DC – The US president Joe Biden unexpectedly announced big news yesterday (6 October): he was pardoning thousands of people convicted of ...

That combination – a policy that is popular and just – does not always overlap or intersect. While some Republicans, such as Senator Tom Cotton, came out to criticise Biden’s decision, the reality is that a majority of Americans believe marijuana should be legal for recreational use – more than 60 per cent according to the Pew Research Center. On the other hand, this move comes one month before the midterm elections, so perhaps it isn’t so surprising. (Decriminalisation would need to happen via Congress, but switching the drug’s classification would change the penalties for marijuana possession). That Biden made the announcement was, on the one hand, surprising. And those convicted of selling or distributing marijuana will not be pardoned.

President Biden on Thursday announced that he is taking executive action to pardon people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law and ...

“Keeping marijuana on the federal drug schedule will mean people will continue to face criminal charges for marijuana.” Biden is also asking Health and Human Services and the Justice Department to review whether marijuana should still be classified as a Schedule 1 substance under the Controlled Substances Act. [a letter sent nearly a year ago](https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2021.11.9%20Letter%20to%20POTUS%20on%20Cannabis%20Pardons.pdf), Sens. [Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota](https://ballotpedia.org/Marijuana_laws_and_ballot_measures_in_the_United_States), have legalization measures on their ballots for November. Biden had promised the action during his campaign. code, the officials said.

Markets hope to rebound on Friday, and marijuana companies could keep leading the way. The stock market closed lower on Thursday, with losses of around 1% for ...

[^DJI](/quote/djindices/%5Edji/) -2.11%) and S&P 500 ( [^GSPC](/quote/snpindex/%5Egspc/) -2.80%). In order to keep up their positive momentum, cannabis companies will have to find ways to take full advantage of all their opportunities both in the U.S. Aurora Cannabis ( [ACB](/quote/nasdaq/acb/) -12.78%) settled for a 7% gain, but other companies saw some sizable gains as well, including a 33% rise for Curaleaf Holdings ( [CURLF](/quote/otc/curlf/) -2.91%) and a 14% gain for Cronos Group ( [CRON](/quote/nasdaq/cron/) -15.48%). Even though Tilray's 8.5% share of the Canadian cannabis market leads the industry, the fact that the figure is so low speaks to the fragmentation of the marijuana space and the difficulty companies have had in establishing brand dominance. Aligning federal law with the current treatment of marijuana will raise certainty, and it could also make certain aspects of operating cannabis-related businesses easier in areas like banking. The Nasdaq Composite ( [^IXIC](/quote/nasdaqindex/%5Eixic/) -3.80%) fared slightly better, but the move lower gave up some of the big gains from earlier in the week.

Marijuana prisoners are to be released after getting federal pardons based on the announcement by US President Joe Biden. Still, critics believe there are ...

This new law would go a long way in bridging the river of understanding between black and white people. The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [Joe Biden](/news/joe-biden)has decided that marijuana-related crimes are ridiculous and paved the way for thousands of convicts to be released from prison and pardoned and released. His supporters have hailed the move it is deemed good that such archaic laws are being restructured in places due to the medicinal properties of marijuana that have been researched and known. The new law would bring black people to vote for Biden and the Democrats. The next step of freeing the people incarcerated on marijuana-related charges was also initiated as President Biden said that equating marijuana to a class one drug like heroin or brown sugar is stupid and needs to be done away with.

My intent is to pardon only the offence of simple possession of marijuana in violation of federal law ... and not any other offences related to marijuana ...

“For nearly two years, NORML has called upon the Administration to fulfil the President’s campaign promise to provide relief to those stigmatized with a low-level cannabis conviction. “No one deserves to be in jail for a joint. [Senator Tom Cotton called Biden’s action](https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1578116642969714688) “a desperate attempt to distract from failed leadership.” [Gallup poll](https://news.gallup.com/poll/356939/support-legal-marijuana-holds-record-high.aspx) found that 50 per cent of Republicans support cannabis legalization, not everyone reacted positively to the news. Senate and a signatory on the letter sent to Biden in July, senators sent a letter to President Biden, In July, a group of U.S. and not any other offences related to marijuana or other controlled substances,” he added. President Joe Biden has finally taken steps toward fulfilling his campaign promises of overhauling U.S. Nearly two years into his first term, and just weeks ahead of the November midterm elections, U.S. Article content and not any other offences related to marijuana or other controlled substances'

President Joe Biden's mass pardon Thursday of thousands of cannabis offenders and push to review marijuana's status under federal law is potentially the ...

Now, the Food and Drug Administration and DEA will decide how to proceed. That could potentially jeopardize existing state-regulated marijuana markets, because it would put marijuana in the purview of FDA drug regulations. The agency’s determination hinges on three factors: currently accepted medical use, the potential for abuse, and a drug’s addictive tendencies, explained Shane Pennington, Biden’s order also calls on governors to issue pardons for state marijuana possession offenses, but the president has no authority to compel them to act. The vast majority of people locked up for marijuana possession were convicted at the state level. In addition, a citizen can petition the Drug Enforcement Administration to review marijuana’s scheduling. And in 1977, President Jimmy Carter [granted unconditional pardons to hundreds of thousands](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/21/president-carter-pardons-draft-dodgers-jan-21-1977-346493) of Vietnam War draft dodgers. While Biden has said that no one should be locked up for using marijuana, there are few people — if any — currently incarcerated solely for a federal marijuana possession charge. But “this is so small in the world of restorative justice in cannabis.” Constitution, the type of blanket pardon Biden used is not very common. It included sentencing provisions like the three-strikes rule that state governments also adopted, which had a big impact on drug incarceration rates, including for marijuana offenses. Biden long cast himself as a drug warrior during his time in the Senate.

'Just glad that Willie Nelson is alive to see this happen,' talk show host jokes.

[Gallup announced that winter](https://news.gallup.com/poll/356939/support-legal-marijuana-holds-record-high.aspx) that support for legal cannabis had reached a record high of 68 per cent. In the spring of 2021, But Shutt relayed that his second-best-ever weed was courtesy of Nelson’s reported dealers. I, for one, am just glad that Willie Nelson is alive to see this happen,” he said. “But it is the most cannabis-friendly decision by a U.S. The move is expected to clear the criminal records of more than 6,000 Americans, Kimmel said. Article content [most potent pot he ever had](https://www.thegrowthop.com/cannabis-news/metallicas-kirk-hammett-had-the-best-weed-i-ever-smoked-fellow-guitarist-says) was thanks to Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett.

President Biden's decision to pardon all federal prisoners convicted of simple marijuana possession is sitting very well with rappers like Wiz Khalifa ...

[outlined his plan](https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/06/president-biden-pardon-federal-convictions-marijuana-possession/) for marijuana reform this week ... through hits of a Taylor Gang-branded, gravity-infused bong!!! speaking to that negative impact, and there's widespread hope that the next move could be federal decriminalization of cannabis ... [Snoop Dogg](https://www.tmz.com/people/snoop-dogg/), Wiz is arguably [rap music's smokiest cat](https://www.tmz.com/2017/07/27/wiz-khlifa-weed-mma-training-marijuana/) ... Referring to Biden's announcement, Wiz tells TMZ Hip Hop ... “It’s awesome to see things are moving in the right direction.

Joe Biden issues executive order pardoning all Americans who have been federally convicted of “simple possession of marijuana”

By coupling the best California legacy operators with the experience of the traditional world, ICANIC has built a foundation to become one of North America’s premiere Cannabis companies. “I am very encouraged by the measures taken today by the Biden Administration,” stated Micah Anderson, CEO of Icanic Brands. There are thousands of people who have prior Federal convictions for marijuana possession, who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. Coupled to their manufacturing capabilities, Icanic also owns one of the largest permitted cultivation sites in the state of California with the potential ability to produce up to two million pounds of cannabis per year. (CSE: ICAN, OTCQB: ICNAF) (“Icanic Brands” or the “Company”), an operator of premium cannabis brands in California, recognizes the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, on issuing an executive order pardoning all Americans that have been federally convicted of “simple possession of marijuana”, a step in the direction of fulfilling his campaign pledge to erase prior federal marijuana possession convictions and beginning the process of federal cannabis reform. Article content

The new Privacy Shield seeks to address European concerns of surveillance by U.S. intelligence agencies.

It will assess the sufficiency of the data protection measures in order to restore the data transfer mechanism. BEUC, a European consumer group, said in a release that the framework "is likely still insufficient to protect Europeans' privacy and personal data when it crosses the Atlantic." [Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube.](https://www.youtube.com/c/CNBC?sub_confirmation=1) [WATCH: Why the U.S. The new framework will allow individuals in the EU to seek redress through an independent Data Protection Review Court made up of members outside of the U.S. and EU agreed in principle to the new framework, the White House said in a It also instructs the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent agency, to examine those updates and conduct an annual review of whether the intelligence community has fully adhered to binding redress decisions. "committed to implement new safeguards to ensure that signals intelligence activities are necessary and proportionate in the pursuit of defined national security objectives." intelligence community to update policies and procedures to fit the new privacy protections in the framework. That body "would have full authority to adjudicate claims and direct remedial measures as needed," according to the March fact sheet. In March, after the U.S. [letter](https://www.commerce.gov/about/letter-deputy-assistant-secretary-james-sullivan-schrems-ii-decision) shortly after the decision. had too great an ability to surveil European data transferred through the earlier system.

The order will set surveillance limits and establish a new court for European citizens to redress privacy concerns with US intelligence agencies.

More importantly, the officials said they felt the new framework would also withstand any legal challenges that would force the U.S. The decree will now be sent to Brussels where the European Commission — alongside input from the bloc’s privacy agencies and politicians, as well as EU countries — will transpose the text into its own rules. The order will create a new body within the U.S. Senior Biden administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said they were confident the White House executive order and the Department of Justice’s new regulations would satisfy the Commission’s concerns. US intelligence agencies are required to update their policies and procedures to align with the order’s guidelines. It will also give new powers to the civil liberties protection officials within the U.S.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to allay European concerns that U.S. intelligence agencies are illegally spying on them.

While the U.S. The first legal challenge was filed by Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Schrems, who was concerned about how Facebook handled his data in light of 2013 revelations about U.S. Twice, in 2015 and again in 2020, the European Union’s top court struck down data privacy framework agreements between Washington and Brussels. Raimondo said the new commitments would address European Union legal concerns covering personal data transfers to the U.S. “However much the U.S. A revived framework “will enable the continued flow of data that underpins more than $1 trillion in cross-border trade and investment every year,” Raimondo said. However, the European privacy campaigner who triggered the battle wasn’t satisfied it resolved core issues and warned of more legal wrangling. That has created uncertainty for tech giants including Google and Facebook’s parent company Meta, raising the prospect that U.S. “The moment EU citizens’ data travels across the Atlantic, it will not be afforded similar protections as in the EU.” companies certified under the framework. authorities try to paper over the cracks of the original Privacy Shield, the reality is that the EU and U.S. The European Union’s executive arm, the European Commission, said the framework has “significant improvements” over the original Privacy Shield and it would now work on adopting a final decision clearing the way for data to flow freely between EU and U.S.