• Kiernian@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia

    So that pardons people who were convicted of using or possessing while located in one of the red areas here?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_lands?useskin=vector#/media/File:Map_of_all_U.S._Federal_Land.jpg

    Aside from D.C. itself, that’s what, Land under the control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Defense, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Tennessee Valley Authority, and a few others?

    I guess, in the words of Angie Martinelli “That’s not nothin!”.

    Hopefully this reaches the right ears and starts more change:

    Biden on Friday reiterated his call on governors and local leaders to take similar steps to erase marijuana convictions.

    The number of people we have in prison for this is bonkers and the fact that it makes life as a productive member of society much more difficult is absolutely ridiculous.

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      11 months ago

      I was disqualified from a job offer recently because I was honest and told them I took a gel capsule containing THC and CBD for sleep. I took it over 5 months ago and purchased it from the cannabis shop down the street. I put several months of maximum effort to land that job. I feel stupid for being honest with them in hindsight. It’s ridiculous. Cannabis is legal in my state.