A majority of Americans are in favor of President Joe Biden’s decision to grant pardons to people who’ve committed federal marijuana possession offenses, and most also want to see their own governors follow suit with state-level cannabis relief, according to a new poll.
The announcement from Biden came as a welcome surprise to advocates who’ve been pushing the president to take executive action to begin fulfilling his marijuana reform pledges.
In addition to the pardons, Biden also directed federal agencies to quickly review cannabis scheduling—and most Americans in the new survey also said that marijuana should no longer be classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
The poll from YouGov was released just one day after the president issued the pardon proclamation and called for a scheduling review, which the Justice Department and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said they will expeditiously carry out.
It found that 61 percent of Americans support Biden’s decision, while 26 percent oppose it and 13 percent aren’t sure. There was majority support among Democrats (85 percent), independents (59 percent) and all age demographics. A plurality of Republicans (49 percent) said they opposed the action.
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