Will Biden do anything about cannabis?

It’s no secret that there are many important political issues at play in the US this year. Look at any mid-election debate and you’ll see that the current list of top political issues has doubled since the beginning of this year.

Marijuana legalization is one of those problems. Indeed, the Biden administration’s tacit stance on marijuana policy has fueled many frustrations, and now that building frustration is boiling over. People want accountability.

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As we did recently reported, a group of powerful Democratic senators including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, sent President Biden a letter urging him to use his power to decriminalize marijuana and clear the names of those convicted of nonviolent marijuana crimes. This letter essentially points to the Biden administration’s inaction on the promised marijuana policy, which begs the question: What must Biden do to reassure the public on marijuana policy?

The letter, for the most part, spends several pages answering this question. The two things these senators say Biden can do is decriminalize marijuana (as he promised) and also end it with silent treatment. Finally, the senators expressed frustration not only at the lack of policy, but also at the administration’s silence or slow response.

At the beginning of the letter, the senators mention their long wait for a DOJ response on the postponement of the marijuana plan. “The half-page response, which took over six months, was extremely disappointing,” the letter said said. Later in the letter, the group of senators also mentions an earlier one Letter They broadcast on November 9, 2021, where they “urged President Biden to use his authority to ‘pardon all persons convicted of nonviolent cannabis crimes, whether previously or currently incarcerated.’ To date, we have received no response to that letter.” Therefore, a critical and compelling way the Biden administration can gain respect on this matter is simply to respond quickly and appropriately to these calls to action.

The letter not only breaks the silence, but makes it clear that it’s time for Biden to deliver on his campaign promises on marijuana. As a reminder, Biden hasn’t campaigned for the legalization of marijuana, but he has officially campaigned for the substance to be decriminalized. For example, he was even included in the presidential election campaign saying that “nobody should be in prison for smoking marijuana”.

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This wasn’t the only time he spoke about marijuana in the run-up to the 2020 election. He even made official promises to decriminalize marijuana. In an official campaign ad, for example, he said, “As president, I will work to reform the criminal justice system, improve community policing, decriminalize marijuana, and automatically overturn all previous marijuana convictions.” While that stance is fairly conservative compared to many of his Democratic peers, those promises have not been Fulfills. According to that Washington Post“His government has not commented on its marijuana policy and its efforts to pardon nonviolent offenders.” This “mother” policy is no longer tolerated by some of him top democratic colleagues.

Throughout the letter, it is made clear that it is time for the Biden administration to take action on marijuana policy. At a time when its approval ratings are at very low levels, marijuana reform could be a much-needed victory. Finally, as the letter states, “there is broad public support for cannabis legalization, with approximately two-thirds of the public supporting cannabis legalization.”

Only time will tell how the current government will handle the letter and similar calls to action, but one thing has been made clear – action of some form is essential.