What’s happened?
arlier this month US president Joe Biden announced he was pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law, and called on state governors to issue pardons to those convicted of similar offences under state laws (the vast majority of such cases in the US). Although the direct pardon granted by Biden covers only around 6,500 people, the move is a significant further step towards decriminalisation of cannabis in the US and should help “thousands of people who have prior federal convictions for marijuana possession, who may be
