{"id":15921,"date":"2022-11-09T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/?p=15921"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:34:17","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-faqs-about-president-joe-bidens-proclamation-to-pardon-simple-marijuana-offenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/2022\/11\/frequently-asked-questions-faqs-about-president-joe-bidens-proclamation-to-pardon-simple-marijuana-offenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About President Joe Biden\u2019s Proclamation to Pardon Simple Marijuana Offenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 6, 2022, President Joe Biden issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2022\/10\/06\/granting-pardon-for-the-offense-of-simple-possession-of-marijuana\/\">A Proclamation on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana<\/a>. The Proclamation set in motion a pathway to pardon all individuals with simple possession of marijuana offenses in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (U.S.C.844) or in violation of D.C. Code 48\u2013904.01(d)(1). In response, NASADAD developed a fact sheet for State alcohol and drug agencies, <em>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About President Joe Biden\u2019s Proclamation to Pardon Simple Marijuana Offenses<\/em>, that explores answers to common questions around the timeline for pardons, what does receiving a presidential pardon entail, who does this proclamation apply to, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gde-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FAQ-President-Biden-Marijuana-Proclamation.pdf\" class=\"gde-link\">Download (PDF, 211KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnasadad.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F11%2FFAQ-President-Biden-Marijuana-Proclamation.pdf&hl=en_US&embedded=true\" class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width:100%; height:1200px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 6, 2022, President Joe Biden issued A Proclamation on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana. The Proclamation set in motion a pathway to pardon all individuals with simple possession of marijuana offenses in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (U.S.C.844) or in violation of D.C. Code 48\u2013904.01(d)(1). In response, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/2022\/11\/frequently-asked-questions-faqs-about-president-joe-bidens-proclamation-to-pardon-simple-marijuana-offenses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About President Joe Biden\u2019s Proclamation to Pardon Simple Marijuana Offenses<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-news","category-publicview","post_format-post-format-image"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Lacy Adams","author_link":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/author\/ladams\/"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73gOt-48N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nasadad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}