Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren Want Joe Biden To Pardon Marijuana Users

U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge), and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) have a message for President Joe Biden:  pardon people with nonviolent marijuana convictions on their criminal record. "After over a century of failed and racist cannabis policies, we write to urge a change of course:  we request that you use your executive authority to pardon all individuals convicted of non-violent cannabis offenses, whether formerly or currently incarcerat

U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge), and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) have a message for President Joe Biden:  pardon people with nonviolent marijuana convictions on their criminal record. "After over a century of failed and racist cannabis policies, we write to urge a change of course:  we request that you use your executive authority to pardon all individuals convicted of non-violent cannabis offenses, whether formerly or currently incarcerat…