Biden is calling for marijuana possession pardons. But that doesn’t mean it’ll happen in Texas.

People in support of reclassifying marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act hold flags with images of marijuana leaves in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in 2017. On Thursday, President Biden called for governors to pardon people convicted on state-level charges of marijuana possession. (Credit: REUTERS/Yuri Gripas)

Calling the criminalization of marijuana a “failed approach,” President Joe Biden announced a pardon of all federal marijuana possession charges Thursday — and urged governors to follow suit with state-level convictions for marijuana possession.

The federal pardon will affect at least 6,500 people, The New York Times reported, but the vast majority of marijuana possession crimes are charged on the state level, not in a federal case.