Browsing: Convictions

Minnesota officials received 1,817 applications for 280 cannabis industry licenses, according to Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) data outlined by MinnPost. The first licenses will be…

A blanket pardon of cannabis-related conviction will help to clean up some of the mess impacting the state of Maryland due to cannabis laws that disproportionately…

State courts have pardoned or expunged cannabis-related convictions for more than 2.3 million U.S. citizens since 2018, including about 500,000 in just the last year, according…

A group of Democratic lawmakers has written a letter to federal financial regulators calling on them to update rules that hinder cannabis business owners with past…

On the heels of his state’s landmark new law that legalizes psychedelic drugs, the governor of Colorado wants to go even further.  Jared Polis, the Democrat…

Cleveland, Ohio is speeding up the process to expunge records for low-level, misdemeanor cannabis convictions after a state bill unlocked the mayor’s power to do so. …

The federal U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) has approved an amendment to update sentencing guidelines advising judges to treat prior marijuana possession offenses more leniently. At a…

On New Year’s Day, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced that 42,964 cannabis convictions were processed to be erased. That number was fielded a month ago in…