Does Obama's personal history of narcotics use influence his pardon policy?

President Obama has released 102 more "nonviolent drug offenders" from jail.  If you read the WaPo article on the subject, you'd have absolutely no idea what their drug "offenses" were.  You might think they were all guys who were hauled off to jail for 20 years for taking one puff on a joint, not major drug dealers of cocaine and heroin, like those Obama has repeatedly released in the past.  But we do know that thus far: President Obama granted clemency to another 102 inmates Thursday as he continued to release federal inmates serving long prison terms for nonviolent drug offenses. Obama has now commuted the sentences of 774 federal inmates, more than the previous 11 presidents combined. With 590 commutations this year, he has commuted the most individuals’ sentences in one year in U.S. history, White House officials said. They said Obama will continue granting commutations to federal drug offenders through the...(Read Full Post)