Biden Criminal Justice Reform Panel Looks To Be In Favour Of Federal Cannabis Legalization

Marijuana Moment reports that Biden taskforce is “stacked” with cannabis legalization supporters

We shall see…

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday announced the names of members of several new task forces they formed to explore policies in six major areas, including a criminal justice reform panel that is stacked with cannabis legalization supporters.

Drug policy reform advocates have been particularly interested to learn who would comprise the criminal justice group since it was first announced last month, with some holding out hope that members will push Biden—the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee—to support marijuana legalization.

At least five participants in the new eight-member panel go further than Biden—who opposes legalizing recreational marijuana but backs decriminalization, medical cannabis, automatic expungements, rescheduling and letting states set their own laws—by supporting adult-use legalization on the federal and/or state levels.

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Most Members Of New Biden-Sanders Criminal Justice Task Force Back Marijuana Legalization

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