A Democratic congressman is accusing a top GOP colleague of attempting to “invalidate thousands of lawful pardons” that former President Joe Biden issued to people who’ve committed federal marijuana possession offenses.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)–the lead sponsor of a cannabis legalization bill called the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act—responded to comments from House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), who applauded President Donald Trump’s recent cannabis rescheduling order and recognized racial disparities in marijuana enforcement.
Comer said that there’s evidence of “injustice” in cannabis prohibition, stating that a person can “make the argument that it’s racist” given that “there aren’t many people that aren’t minorities that are in prison for marijuana possession.” He made similar remarks in September.
Nadler, who previously chaired the House Judiciary Committee said his colleague is “right” that there’s “deep injustice in how our outdated marijuana laws have been enforced.”
However, he said, simply moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) as Trump’s order directs the attorney general to do “won’t end federal criminal penalties, won’t expunge records, and won’t free people still imprisoned solely for low-level marijuana offenses.”
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