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What do you make of Biden’s recent decision to pardon those federally charged with simple marijuana possession?

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CADD_Guy
CADD_Guy
2 years ago

Marijuana possession should not be something to go to jail over. Save room in jails for the real criminals. Seriously, how many of you out here smoked a few joints in your life time? Do you think it’s worth going to jail for?

Stephen Russell
Stephen Russell
2 years ago

Im all for legalizing Medical Marijuana A-Z

Richard Nishanian
Richard Nishanian
2 years ago

Ok , lets meet in the middle a little bit. Weed help’s me where otherwise It would be pain pills. I’m fine with injesting what comes from the seed rather than made by man. God gave us seeds for free. Man convinces us we need to take his pills for profit!

Jan
Jan
2 years ago

I think simple marijuana possession should be forgiven since marijuana is legal in most states. The prison/jail cells that they filled should be filled with thieves who are robbing Americans and not getting any type of punishment.

James
James
2 years ago

This is where I part with the Republicans. Marijuana should never have been illegal to begin with. It’s a similar situation to the alcohol prohibition era. Alcohol and moonshining became illegal so that the oil companies could get established. Farmers were making alcohol to power their tractors, cars, Etc. The oil companies wanted to eliminate their competitors. There was no overlying Christian morality that powered the prohibition of alcohol it was corporate greed.

S. James
S. James
2 years ago

It’s definitely a vote grab. HOWEVER, marijuana has needed to be legal (same laws as alcohol) since the 60s-70s. Destroying lives for pot use is insane. I’m 68 and lived thru most of the war on pot smokers, aka war on drugs, and have helplessly watched while young men/women’s lives are destroyed. It’s way past time to change these antinquited laws.

McConMan
McConMan
2 years ago

I feel that the whole war on drugs thing is nothing more than another way for the government to take from the people. I’ve heard of police departments that get rich from taking people’s property due to minor drug offenses.

I’m old enough to remember before the war on drugs. I only knew one kid in high school that used drugs. Now I have many friends and relatives whose lives have been ruined by it and I think most of them never would have thought of it if it wasn’t illegal. Prohibition never worked and this is much worse. Cartels are getting rich on this while people are dying right and left from impure drugs that aren’t regulated.

History repeats itself!

Tim Brown
Tim Brown
2 years ago

It was a good decision for the wrong reason. He only did it to pander for favor and votes pending this critical upcoming election

Cynthia Howe
Cynthia Howe
2 years ago

I believe it is a good decision but that is not his motivation. His decision is all about getting votes.

Dan W.
Dan W.
2 years ago

Don’t bogart that joint, my friend;
Pass it over to me….

~ Elliot Ingber / Larry Wagner

Barbara Crick
Barbara Crick
2 years ago

Much of this the demographic is comprised of folks who nonchalantly commit other minor offences. And that’s who he wants on his side? He’s not choosing well. Again.

Jan
Jan
2 years ago

Biden is unfortunately delusional and has Alzheimer’s
He does not know what he is doing anymore
And the people behind the scenes know it
Alzheimer’s slowly deteriorate your brain
They can tell him something and he does not remember tomorrow or a couple hours later
At times they have a couple good days 1 step foreword then 2 steps back
I see it with my own mom, it is terrible
All the people taking advantage of him should be arrested or fired for abusing a older man with Alzheimer’s
His wife Jill is a horrible woman and should be ashamed, to let her husband be used like that
It shows you what kind of a person she is

Richard A Kampa
Richard A Kampa
2 years ago

People who are charged federally usually aren’t those who just have one joint. They are the dealers who plea bargain down possession to distribute so what he is doing is pardoning those who are major sellers of the drug.

Robert L
Robert L
2 years ago

Most likely it was Comrade Obambam’s decision to do this in order to get the stoner vote.

Richard A Kampa
Richard A Kampa
2 years ago

He had to do something to get votes because his trip to Saudi Arabia for oil was a bust. They actually outed him and told people what he real intentions were.

Ken Okita
Ken Okita
2 years ago

The Biden pardon of federal prisoners for marijuana possession is is a failed last second campaign ploy and is most harmful for communities that have to take back these recently released. This is one of the most stupid things Biden has done. Biden is not truthful about the possession & prison. No one goes to federal prison for simple possession of marijuana. These are all drug dealers who may have committed even more serious crimes but were pleaded down to to “just possession”. Marijuana users who get arrested for possession end up in county jail for a short time (maybe) or get a “possession ticket” and pay a fine, not federal prison time. This president has lost his moral judgement, is at many times not truthful and is in the “pockets of the woke”. This president is leading us (the ordinary American people) to a “fascist state”.

In simple terms, fascism is a government where the government controls everything, where the government does not allow for opposing views, where the government is run by a few “all knowing” experts and even fewer people or even one person who controls the government and military. Examples: social media banning or cancelling people with opposing views. Schools teaching woke and transgender. The IRS auditing groups with opposition views to the Dems. The FBI arresting the Jan 6 rally marchers for being in the vicinity of the Capital Building. The FBI raiding Trump’s storage facilities to confiscate all and every document which Trumps says that were declassified. After 2 years, you would think that the Chinese, Russian, North Korean spies would know the contents of these now “declassified” documents. No secret documents stays secret for long. These enemies are too good at spying. Just as our CIA knows what going on with them.

We the ordinary US citizens who love this county, need to vote every Democrats out of office except those who profess and love God, family and country. Let’s get back to the time when the Democrats and Republicans would argue how to made American better, not the climate. I’m with JFK who wanted greatness for the USA when he started the moon program. I’m with Trump who wants “MAGA – Make America Great Again”. I may not like some of Trump’s texts, personality or style, but his economic, his diplomatic, military programs made the USA the best in the world.

With Biden, we may see a nuke dropped in Europe. We may see China taking control of Taiwan and threaten Japan. With Biden, we may become a manufacturing “ghost town”. With Biden we may see the disappearance of the middle class. With Biden we may have a greater population of Central Americans than Central America itself. I am thinking that the USA may have about a 1/4 of the Central American population already living here in the US. With Biden, the military is loosing is experienced personal because of “wokness”. The military does not want to defend “woke”, they want to defend their country against all foreign and domestic enemies, except the military top brass has accepted “wokness’. let’s vote for a president who will get these generals out of the military and restore it’s original goal. The US has a great military history and tradition in the short time we have been an independent nation, but we are fast loosing this tradition.

a JFK Democrat,
Ken Okita

Roger Garland
Roger Garland
2 years ago

Every executive order Biden makes needs to be challenged in court.

Brian
Brian
2 years ago

Most people only see this move as a ploy for votes and hope to stop the hemorrhage of Latino voters. That won’t work for those votes. The real reason is the continued destruction of America. What we won’t see is the sentencing reports that show who these people are that are being released. A large number of these convicts are not citizens and drug traffickers who plead down their original charges.

Dawgs #1
Dawgs #1
2 years ago

Be honest.
No person is in federal prison for simple Marijuana possession.
Or as Dems want you to believe “people simply smoking a joint”.

Jpat
Jpat
2 years ago

Technically all except the first one should be the answer! If the American hating democrats are not crushed in Nov and going forward there’s no hope for our beloved America!!

Sandibeach
Sandibeach
2 years ago

How many of those in jails for “simple possession” have had multiple charges REDUCED to one charge of simple possession???? All kinds of criminals will be released from jail. He’s buying votes – well SOMEONE is buying democrat votes – pulling Joe’s strings. Have you heard him say people like him? Have you heard him say people see how much he’s accomplished in his first 18 months? The man is senile and someone is filling his head with all this garbage!

Scott Ladd
Scott Ladd
2 years ago

This is a decision that needs to be made by the people and their representatives. If the people want Marijuana legalized on a federal level, Congress needs to vote to rescind the law. This is a half-assed way of making a decision. Either make it legal or continue to prosecute offenders!

Oscar
Oscar
2 years ago

Just another act in the biden FRAUD CLOWN SHOW.

Randall L. Keith
Randall L. Keith
2 years ago

It’s also an example of incompetence. How is it, he can use executive orders completely contrary to law without the legislation ?

frank
frank
2 years ago

This is a ploy for votes. The so called pardon only affects about 600 people. The majority of marijuana possession charges are local misdemeanor charges by the state and local municipalities. Those numbers range in the thousands. Federal charges are against drug traffickers who have plead down from more egregious charges. So again this Democratic Administration will allow hardend criminals loose in our streets just to gain votes because this is what they do. Win at all costs.

Joe
Joe
2 years ago

Democrappies must go

Peet Brave
Peet Brave
2 years ago

1st of all, The feds do not press charges for a simple marijuana possession charge, If the federal government is involved it has to be a very large amount,,,, The feds would not be charging me if I was caught with an ounce of pot it would be up to the state,,,, If you have a distribution ring operation where there are many people across state lines and large amounts then the feds may get involved,,, But at this moment they are too busy trying to frame Donald Trump for something so they won’t be doing anything like that. And you can bet your bottom dollar that that this administration is not doing it to help the common pot smoker. And for those of you whose opinion is hes just trying to do what’s right, All I got to say is (since when). Doing what’s right has never been in his thought process,,,, His thought process has always been, what can we do to make more money , legally or illegally.

David
David
2 years ago

Ask how many fit that criteria… 0

fred
fred
2 years ago

Biden and Obama(third term) need to be removed from office before they can cause anymore damage.

Marty M
Marty M
2 years ago

A little of topic but still about evil politics:
Michigan’s proposal 3 will make Michigan Pure Evil, please vote NO!!!
Please vote NO on proposal 3 so less BABIES WILL DIE!
Thank you,
Marty

Layne
Layne
2 years ago

I do hope that the many idiots that voted for this moron, and the dumbocrats, finally wake up and see the total destruction this this administration has done.

BobA
BobA
2 years ago

The great panderer. Trying to make up for the many voters he chased away.

G C
G C
2 years ago

The left are desperate for votes to continue their socialist agenda.
From the catch and release of criminals, open borders, defunding police, CRT, gender identity, wokeness, cancel culture, murder by abortion and possibly more fraud in the next election. This is EVIL and a loss of a moral compass!
???????? PRAY & VOTE THE BIBLE ????????

Reynolds
Reynolds
2 years ago

Bill Bennett & a co-author, writing in the Wall Street Journal, pointed out that no one is in federal prison for simple possession – there’s always an accompanying violation. (As I understood it, simple possession is not a federal crime.)

JOHN
JOHN
2 years ago

This weird legislation is all but a cover up for a much more serious drug situation, True, it is a gateway drug but it is definitely NOT the Weed of the 60’s! America, we have a much more serious problem that is growing exponentially and far more dangerous than guns, FENTANYL is taking our youth in epidemic proportions! Our government seems less than concerned about stopping the death. In the LESS than TWO years President “Puss for Brains” has been in office… More young people between the ages of 14 to 25 have died from FENTANYL poising than all of Our Soldiers KILLED in the Vietnam in TEN years!!!
By comparison Marijuana is a diversion.

R. Kane
R. Kane
2 years ago

If he pardons them and their convictions are set aside. There will be that many more eligible gun owners. I’m sure something, he never thought about.

Croaker
Croaker
2 years ago

Marijuana usage, as with more powerful follow-on drugs, can result in drug-induced adult autism, a loss of ability to function socially, academically and jobwise.
Thiry percent of chronic users of marijuana lose motivation to hold a job, so they underperform or lose jobs and become homeless, a burden on the rest of us.
Promoters of marijuana, like other very stupid people, are unaware of the danger of marijuana usage, or seek pleasure or profit. Marijuana is a gateway drug for addiction prone individuals.

ezed2109
ezed2109
2 years ago

Keep in mind there were not really that many in prison for federal marijuana… however many that were there; were there for actually committing more serious crimes and the drug charge was just a plea deal. These cases should have gone through the normal process on a case by case basis.
Brandon has much more serious issues to be taking action on! Wait… let me change that… Brandon caused most of the major problems… maybe he should just stick to ice cream photo ops.

Damon
Damon
2 years ago

God is the only one with the power and will to help us solve our problems. He is waiting for us to ask Him in faith and expect results. Jesus paid the price for all.Please be an informed voter and ask God for wisdom.

Cptn. Cabe
Cptn. Cabe
2 years ago

Smoke another one Brandon!!

Thomas Smith
Thomas Smith
2 years ago

I am truly amazed by.the number of people who believe that this is the majority opinion of most Americans. If television or the newspapers are the sole providers of information, you’re a fool. Go put some fuel in your vehicle and go buy some groceries and pause to think about the realities; which are only a small portion of a corrupt, incompetent administration,, lead by a complete idiot and a party who is incorrectly named Democrat. Fascist Communist would be far more accurate.

Craig Reese
Craig Reese
2 years ago

Pitiful

Mike Scott
Mike Scott
2 years ago

The truth is that there is no One in federal prison just on these drug charges alone. So he accomplished nothing but buying votes.

Eric Hammer
Eric Hammer
2 years ago

Since there isn’t anyone in prison at the Federal level for “simple marijuana possession” it’s pretty obvious this is a meaningless promise to garner votes.

MJTOMAINO
MJTOMAINO
2 years ago

biden is a fraud

Johnny_in_Tucson
Johnny_in_Tucson
2 years ago

Let’s Go Brandon!!!

DEL
DEL
2 years ago

In the court system, defendants usually plead down to this charge from a higher crime or are charged with marijuana possession in a plea deal

Gary
Gary
2 years ago

Nothing new here. Democrats are such hypocrites because despite federal law (which they can change if they wanted to) regarding marijuana, illegal immigrants, etc. they continue to IGNORE the law and yet they expect the rest of us to OBEY all the other laws. No wonder blue states are in shambles and long-time residents are fleeing to red states. My only regret is that those fleeing often bring their liberal values and agenda and begin to destroy those states, turning them purple and then blue (like Nevada). So sad. Those Democrats should stay in their blue state and leave the freedom-loving red states alone!

Skycastle
Skycastle
2 years ago

Biden did the right thing here, but he didn’t go far enough. Since the U.S. Constitution gives ZERO power to the federal government to make drug laws, ALL such drug laws are UNCONSTITUTIONAL and therefore ILLEGAL! So ALL federal drug laws should be repealed, and the DEA abolished.
But most Americans are so damnably ignorant of the Constitution that they don’t know this simple fact.

Charles Kyle Brown
Charles Kyle Brown
2 years ago

Let’s Go BRANDON!!!!

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