article_snippet.sent: Obama has ordered the release of 22 drug dealers - including eight who were serving life sentences.
article_snippet.sent: Nearly all of the offenders who Obama granted clemency to were convicted of dealing addictive, hard drugs like crack cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin.
article_snippet.sent: Obama has granted clemency to 22 drug offenders who were sentenced under outdated guidelines .
article_snippet.sent: In December, Obama issued Obama first round of commutations under new guidelines that were put in place to cut costs by reducing the growing prison population and grant leniency to nonviolent drug offenders sentenced to years long terms of confinement away from society.
article_snippet.sent: The nonprofit Drug Policy Alliance, which advocates for less stringent drug sentences, praised the commutations. '
article_snippet.sent: Obama called on Congress to 'act quickly on substantive sentencing reform,' adding, 'It's time to rectify the U.S.'s embarrassing record on mass incarceration.
highlights_snippet.sent: the prisoners were jailed for crimes including cocaine, meth and heroin distribution .
  