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The White House has not clarified whether or not President Biden would sign the House-approved MORE Act, which seeks to end federal cannabis prohibition.

U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren have sent a letter urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to decriminalize cannabis by removing it from the federal controlled substances list.

President Biden received a letter this week signed by more than 150 celebrity entertainers, politicians, law enforcement officials, and advocates requesting clemency for federal cannabis offenders.

U.S. Navy veteran Howard Bailey, who was deported to Jamaica over a cannabis conviction, has returned home after more than a decade.

Cannabis activists and industry representatives in Washington D.C. are disappointed by the Biden Administration’s continued ban on adult-use cannabis sales in the District.

Comments made this week by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki hint that the Biden Administration is continuing in its failure to recognize the need for significant cannabis reforms.

Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH), a member of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, sent a letter to President Biden outlining concern over the reports of White House staffers being fired for prior cannabis use.

With the firing of multiple White House staffers for cannabis use, the Biden Administration demonstrated that — even with federal cannabis legislation positioned for a big win this year — it will continue to stigmatize cannabis consumers.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed last week that five staffers in the Biden Administration’s White House lost their jobs due to employment policies related to past cannabis use.

A new report reveals that the Biden White House punished multiple staffers with penalties including suspension, remote work assignments, and requests for their resignation due to their past cannabis use.

Merrick Garland, President Biden’s pick for the new U.S. Attorney General, signaled a likely shift in federal law enforcement’s approach to state-legal cannabis markets.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to end its use of private prisons.

After more than a year of campaigning, we can be pretty sure where President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris stand on the cannabis issue — but what about other members of the incoming Biden Administration?

Multiple hemp and cannabis firms say they are planning initial public offerings under the assumption that Joe Biden will win the presidential election next month.

Joe Biden, former vice president and current Democratic presidential candidate, said that he supports “mandatory rehabilitation” for people convicted of consumption-related drug crimes.

Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s pick for the second half of the Democratic presidential ticket, said in their first joint interview that the Biden-Harris Administration will pursue a national policy of cannabis decriminalization.

Despite overwhelming public support, the Democratic Party will not include federal cannabis legalization as a part of its platform in the 2020 election.

Joe Biden, the former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has announced his “Plan for Black America,” which includes federal cannabis decriminalization and the expungement of cannabis convictions.

Former vice president and current Democratic presidential candidate said in a recording that cannabis is “at the point where it has to be, basically, legalized.”

Former vice president and presidential hopeful Joe Biden said he would not support cannabis legalization without stronger evidence that the plant is not a “gateway drug.”