U.S. Congress members from New York and two other states are urging President Joe Biden to grant clemency to anyone incarcerated in federal prison for non-violent cannabis offenses — citing benefits for not only those who are released, but communities across the country.
U.S. Congress Member Dan Goldman (D-Manhattan and Brooklyn) is leading the charge locally. In a letter penned in collaboration with Congress Members Barbara Lee of California and Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Goldman mentioned the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvested and Expungement (MORE) Act introduced in 2021 that would, among other things, expunge the convictions related to federal cannabis offenses and impose an excise tax on cannabis products produced in or imported into the United States.
