Marijuana advocacy group weighs in on executive action to pardon thousands
By: Tim Spears
Posted: Oct 6, 2022 7:16 PM EDT

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Following President Joe Biden's executive action to pardon thousands for federal convictions of marijuana possession, a legal expert from a national advocacy group calls the move "more symbolic" than anything approaching legalization.
ABC57's Tim Spears talked to an attorney with the NORML National Legal Committee, Andrew Maternowski, about what the executive action means for the future of cannabis in the United States.
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