Ahead of our 420 Unity Day of Action, and in light of the President's recent comments during his State of the Union address, we wanted to offer President Biden the opportunity to join us by taking bold action and releasing all those still in prison on federal cannabis charges.

To that end, we have sent a letter urging the President to release more than 150 Last Prisoner Project constituents who are currently incarcerated for nonviolent, cannabis-related federal convictions and all those still languishing in federal prison for cannabis convictions. All of whom could be released by President Biden with a simple stroke of a pen, should he choose to act.

The letter underscores both the hypocrisy and injustice of our nation's failed approach to cannabis law enforcement. While some (disproportionately Black, brown, and/or low-income) citizens are being criminalized, others (disproportionately white, wealthy, and well-connected) citizens are earning millions of dollars running  state-regulated cannabis companies.

This must end.

As an organization that cares deeply about ending systemic injustice in our country, Last Prisoner Project is willing to do everything possible to work with the Biden Administration to secure the freedom of our country’s nonviolent cannabis prisoners.

If he truly wants to right history and repair the harms of our nation’s failed drug war, President Biden's initial progress must be followed up with bolder action—action that would actually lead to freedom for cannabis prisoners.

Read the full letter below: