His reluctance to embrace legalization — coupled with recent comments that it poses a risk as a “gateway drug” — has opened Biden to further criticism about his past tough-on-crime policies and the perception that he’s old and out of touch
In an otherwise lackluster debate, former Vice President Joe Biden faced withering criticism Wednesday night for his stance on an issue that puts him way out of whack with the rest of the field: marijuana.
In addition, “Vice President Biden has made clear that no one should be in jail for using marijuana,” the spokesperson said. “That's why, as president, Joe Biden will decriminalize marijuana use, automatically expunge prior possession convictions, support legalization of medical marijuana, and allow states to set their own rules about recreational use.”Cannabis advocates of all stripes say they are confused by Biden’s stance.
Indeed, Shelly Edgerton, who spearheaded Michigan’s medical marijuana licensing program and now serves as senior counsel at the law firm Dykema, said that the whole idea of moving marijuana to Schedule II is “past its prime for the purposes of the real work that needs to be done.”
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