For the first time in history, the president of the United States used part of his State of the Union address to promote cannabis reform, touting the mass pardons he's issued, affirming his position that nobody should be incarcerated over possession and noting the review into cannabis's scheduling status that he initiated, according to the tex of the speech as prepared for delivery.
In his last SOTU ahead of his fight for reelection this year, President Joe Biden noted his move "directing my Cabinet to review the federal classification of cannabis."
In an apparent reference to his mass cannabis pardon proclamation, Biden claimed he is "expunging thousands of convictions for the mere possession, because no one should be jailed for simply using or having it on their record."
The president has routinely promoted the thousands of pardons he's granted through a pair of proclamations in 2022 and 2023 in various speeches, but raising the issue during the prime time annual event carries substantially greater weight.
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