12/01/2025
President Biden believes no one should be jailed just for using or possessing ma*****na. To help remedy our nation’s failed approach to ma*****na, President Biden pardoned federal and D.C. simple ma*****na possession offenses. President Biden also called on governors to issue similar pardons for state offenses. And, President Biden requested that the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services review how ma*****na is scheduled under federal law.
In May 2024, the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services began the process to reschedule ma*****na from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under federal law. Following the President’s lead, governors in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Oregon also issued pardons for some ma*****na state offenses.
Far too many lives have been upended because of our nation’s failed approach to ma*****na. President Biden took action to right those historic wrongs.
