This right here. It's not like no progress has been made and the legality of things is not under the presidents purview. Biden can't wave his hands and declare weed legal across the country. It's close to being moved away from the current scheduling which will be a giant step forward.
Plus, for the convictions, I'm not sure he can unilaterally override state level convictions for weed.
Officials said there are currently no Americans serving prison time solely on federal simple marijuana possession charges. But they said the number who had been charged with that crime was north of 6,500
He can't pardon state level charges, in most states that would be their Governors. And I'm sure the Republicans would beat on their "States Rights" drum.
I share this frequently but mostly just get downvoted...
Trump signed the 2018 farm bill which legalized hemp. Because of the testing rules, marijuana is legally shipped most states. I think there are about 6 states that have outlawed it. There are many vendors and farms who sell online. I live in Texas and have had an ounce delivered to my mailbox each month for the year and a half, plus other orders when a good flower or vape goes on sale.
The Democrat strategy has always been to avoid changing the status quo to not upset the mystical "moderate conservative" that would vote for them somehow. They're not doing shit this close to an election