"Right Historical Wrongs": US State To Pardon 100,000 Marijuana Convicts
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After a state-wide referendum, Maryland legalized cannabis for adults and retail sales of the drug in 2023.
Maryland's governor will issue a mass pardon of drug offenses, US media reported Sunday, in a far-reaching move forgiving 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions across multiple decades.
The Washington Post, which reported the story, called it one of the country's most sweeping acts of clemency involving a drug that is now in broad recreational use, and noted the action is aimed at addressing social and economic injustice disproportionately impacting Black people.
Democrat Wes Moore, the eastern US state's first Black governor, told the Post he intends to "right a lot of historical wrongs" by signing the pardon order, set to be implemented early Monday.
