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    Editorial: Biden’s marijuana pardons are welcome, but federal drug laws must catch up with reality

    by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times Dec 28, 2023 2 minutes
    President Joe Biden walks to the South Lawn before boarding Marine One and departing the White House en route to Boston, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington, D.C..

    President Joe Biden on Friday demonstrated the proper use of presidential clemency power when he pardoned thousands of people who had been convicted of various nonviolent marijuana violations on federal land.

    The addressing racial disparities in drug prosecution and sentencing, and that’s an important point. Criminal laws in theory cover all Americans equally, but in practice, laws punishing possession or use of small amounts of

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