Biden Fired Staffers For Past Marijuana Use. Of Course.
Given the President’s history, we shouldn’t be surprised.
Over Biden’s decades long career in national politics, it’s no secret has not been friendly to the idea of recreational drug use. Recently, we were reminded of the archaic stance that the author of the infamous 1994 crime bill and war on drugs architect evidently still has, after CNN reported that five White House staffers were asked to resign and others to work remotely because past marijuana use turned up in their background checks.
Considering the fact that one of the chief problems with his 1994 crime bill was that it imposed mandatory minimum sentences for marijuana possession, can we really be surprised?
The platform of the Democratic party calls for the decriminalization and rescheduling of marijuana, and for good reason. More than 500,000 people are arrested for marijuana use every single year. Yet Joe Biden is still using it as an excuse to fire his staffers. But as Natalie Fertig and Mona Zhang with Politico pointed out, even while states all across the country and the Democratic party overall has warmed to the idea of the legalization of weed on the federal level, Biden never did. Instead of focusing his energy on ending the drug war and reinvesting in the communities that have been decimated…
