Biden, Harris And Top DOJ Official Promote Marijuana Pardons While Commemorating ‘Second Chance Month’ [Video]

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and a top Justice Department official all marked “Second Chance Month” on Friday by separately touting the administration’s mass marijuana pardons—the latest acknowledgement from the White House that cannabis reform is a focus heading into the November election.

Amid heightened expectations about a possible federal marijuana scheduling action following the president’s 2022 directive, the president and vice president are again highlighting the administration’s moves to offer cannabis clemency.

This latest round of comments and social media posts comes in the middle of a month that the administration has used two years in a row to promote its broader criminal justice reform efforts. Biden previously mentioned his cannabis pardons and scheduling directive in the proclamation that designated April as “Second Chance Month.”

The president said during a National Action Network Convention speech on Friday that he’s “keeping my promise that no one should be in federal prison for merely possessing marijuana,” …