Oregon Gov. Kate Brown recently announced that she will pardon 47,144 people who were convicted for possessing small amounts of marijuana.
Brown is the first governor in the country to take such an action, although President Joe Biden announced in October that he was pardoning people with federal convictions of simple marijuana possession. The president’s move could help more than 6,500 people.
In a country with permissive cannabis laws in many states – and with strong support among the American public for legalization – no one in the USA should have their lives ruined for possessing marijuana.
Brown clearly realized this and is ensuring that Oregonians with convictions for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana aren’t held back any longer financially or otherwise.
Other states should follow suit.
The law and its application
Today, 37 states, four U.S. territories and Washington, D.C., allow for medical marijuana use. Recreational possession and use is allowed for adults in19 states.
America is ready for marijuana reform. Biden’s pardon announcement proves it.
Despite such widespread acceptance of marijuana use, nearly half of drug busts still involve cannabis.
And even though Black and white people use marijuana at about the same rate, Black Americans are significantly more likely to be arrested than their white counterparts, even in states where marijuana is legal. Similarly, Black mothers are more likely than white mothers to have…
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