Bernie Sanders releases marijuana legalization plan that includes billions in federal grants

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Sen. Bernie Sanders has released a plan for marijuana legalization that would invest tax revenue in grants for minority-owned cannabis businesses and expunge past convictions. The Sanders campaign released the plan, aptly, at 4:20 on Oct. 24.

If elected president of the U.S., Sanders promises to legalize marijuana within his first 100 days in office. He would issue an executive order directing the attorney general to declassify marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance and nominate cabinet officials "who will all work to aggressively end the drug war," and codify legalization into law. 

Here are some key aspects of the plan:

Vacate and expunge all past marijuana-related convictions

The Sanders administration would review "all marijuana convictions" on both the state and federal level. Though the plan says all past convictions would be expunged, the details of the proposal say each case will be reviewed to see which convictions are eligible for expungement. 

The plan would direct federal funds to states and cities to assist in the process of expunging criminal records. If, after two years, a case has not been reviewed on the state level, the administration would grant the individual "an administrative remedy." 

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