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Industry Headlines

President Joe Biden Commutes Sentences for Nearly 2,500 Nonviolent Drug Offenders

The latest act means Biden has granted more individual commutations than any other president.

January 17, 2025

Industry Headlines

Biden Commutes Nearly 1,500 Sentences, Pardons 39, Setting Clemency Record

The outgoing president indicated he will issue additional clemency acts as his administration reviews more petitions.

December 12, 2024

Top Stories

Is Trump Good for Cannabis? MariMed CEO Explains

Jon Levine, who also serves as the company’s president, goes into detail about a heads-down business approach that supersedes White House politics.

November 19, 2024

Industry Headlines

#Countdown4Clemency Campaign Calls on Biden to Keep Promise, Free 3,000 People Incarcerated for Cannabis

The Last Prisoner Project and cannabis advocates launched the campaign to urge Biden to use his clemency power before the end of his term.

September 10, 2024

Cannabis Rescheduling

VP Harris: ‘We Need to Legalize Marijuana’

NORML Regional Coordinator Chris Goldstein takes us inside the closed-door White House roundtable discussion on criminal justice and cannabis drug policy and shares why he feels this is ‘the beginning of the end of the drug war.’

July 21, 2024

Federal Cannabis Legalization

36 US House Democrats Urge Biden to Grant Cannabis Clemency For Thousands

Congressional Cannabis Caucus co-chairs Barbara Lee and Earl Blumenauer spearheaded a letter asking for those currently incarcerated to be released.

March 14, 2024

Top Stories

VP Harris to Meet With Rapper Fat Joe, Others to Discuss Cannabis Criminal Justice Reform

The meeting follows criticisms of the Biden administration’s recent campaign and State of the Union comments touting White House changes to federal cannabis policy.

March 13, 2024

Advocacy for Cannabis Legalization

Mike Tyson Urges President Biden to Release People Incarcerated For Federal Cannabis Offenses

In his letter to Biden, the former pro boxer indicated his support for The Weldon Project, an organization dedicated to securing the release of people serving time for cannabis-related offenses and providing pathways toward expungement.

February 21, 2024

Federal Cannabis Legalization

VP Kamala Harris Touts Changing ‘Federal Marijuana Policy’ in Campaign Video

Many industry stakeholders and advocates pushed back, saying the White House hasn’t changed anything since Biden took office.

February 12, 2024

Legislation and Regulation

Biden Reaffirms Cannabis Stance During Campaign Stop

The president said he’s kept his promise on reform during a political event at South Carolina’s First-in-the-Nation dinner.

January 29, 2024

Cannabis Rescheduling

President Biden Pardons More Cannabis-Related Convictions, Shortens Sentences of 11 Nonviolent Drug Offenders

The announcement comes as the federal government continues considering whether to reschedule cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act.

January 2, 2024

Interviews & Opinion

Opinion: Rescheduling Is Recriminalizing, Descheduling Is Decriminalizing

President of cannabis genetics company DNA Genetics, Rezwan Khan, weighs in on Biden's cannabis policy reform plan and how rescheduling or descheduling the plant would impact the industry.

August 29, 2023