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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Biden taking first major steps toward decriminalizing marijuana

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

President Biden announced today that certain marijuana convictions will be pardoned. How quickly will we see Biden’s next steps on this issue? North Korea launched two more ballistic missiles, marking six total in less than two weeks. How far will U.S. and allies go to try to calm tensions in the region? Plus, a former Oath Keeper testifies that the group’s leader was in touch with Secret Service in the run-up to the 2020 election. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

President Biden just took a major step towards making marijuana legal, at least on the

0:08.0

federal level, the lead starts right now.

0:11.6

A campaign promise almost fulfilled announcing today, the president, that certain marijuana

0:16.1

convictions are going to be pardoned?

0:18.4

How quickly could we see Biden's next steps on this issue?

0:22.2

And, world-on-edge, North Korea last night launching two more ballistic missiles that

0:26.9

are six, and less than two weeks, how far will U.S. and allies go to try to calm rising

0:32.0

tensions in the region, plus a heartbreaking find last night that California family kidnapped

0:38.2

at gunpoint that was missing?

0:40.2

They were found dead.

0:41.2

The youngest victim, only eight months old.

0:43.6

What detectives are now saying about the person they believed is responsible.

0:52.0

Welcome to the lead.

0:53.0

That's for President Biden taking his first steps, possibly, towards the decriminalization

0:58.0

of marijuana on the federal level.

0:59.9

He is pardoning all prior federal offenses of, quote, simple marijuana possession.

1:04.9

This will clear convictions for several thousand Americans.

1:09.7

President Biden is now also encouraging governors to follow his lead and pardon those convicted

1:14.1

on similar state charges.

1:16.2

The Biden administration also says that it will begin to review the federal classification

1:20.1

of marijuana.

1:21.3

Right now, marijuana is still a class one drug alongside heroin and LSD, which means that

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