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By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted to name as chairman of its

The Invest to Protect Act will give $60 million over the next five years to law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers to do things like purchase body cameras, provide de-escalation training and improve recruitment and retention. Rep. Tom Tiffany voted against the measure.

The move is part of the US president's overhaul of US policy on marijuana which will include a review of how the drug is classified.

Biden said thousands of people with prior marijuana possession convictions will be pardoned.

President Joe Biden took steps to overhaul U.S. policy on marijuana on Thursday by pardoning thousands of people with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession and initiating a review of how the drug is classified.

"Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana," Biden said. "It's time that we right these wrongs."

"Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana," Biden said. "It's time that we right these wrongs."

"Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana," Biden said. "It's time that we right these wrongs."

"Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana," Biden said. "It's time that we right these wrongs."

"Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana," Biden said. "It's time that we right these wrongs."