Final Thursday (Oct sixth), President Biden signed an govt order pardoning these serving jail time for marijuana possession fees.
Accompanying the order was a tweet authored by the president, wherein he acknowledged, “Sending individuals to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives—for conduct that’s authorized in lots of states.”
Although the concept actually has been within the air for a lot of a information cycle at this level, the order nonetheless got here as a shock to many.
As all the time, federal motion on this scale tends to have ripple results—intentional or in any other case—which the Biden administration is working to manage by requesting that the Secretary of Well being and Human Companies and the Legal professional Normal revisit the scheduling (i.e., authorized classification) of marijuana, based on this U.S. Hemp Roundtable publish on the order.
The way forward for hemp is actually included within the areas that might doubtlessly be affected by the ripples following this landmark govt order.
Because the Roundtable places it, “Rescheduling hashish may affect federal and state remedy of hemp.”
And talking of “state remedy,” the Biden administration is encouraging state governors to observe swimsuit with this determination, as there are extra individuals incarcerated for marijuana possession resulting from state rules.
As standard, we are going to intently monitor this example in cohesion with our fellow hemp and marijuana business watchdogs, updating you on any main developments therein.
