After decades of discriminatory enforcement, rethinking marijuana laws is long overdue | Opinion

In issuing pardons for those convicted of simple possession, the president took a significant step toward ending years of racist treatment.

President Joe Biden has taken the first steps to move beyond more than 50 years of failed drug policy. Earlier this month, the president directed his administration to begin the process that would remove marijuana from the list of the most dangerous illicit drugs, which includes heroin and LSD, and effectively eliminate a federal ban on using cannabis.

The above editorial was published by the Philadelphia Daily News/Inquirer on Oct. 20. Its views are its own.

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