Articles tagged with "expungement"
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30 weed predictions very likely to come true in 2024
David Downs - Published on December 26, 2023Read more2024 in weed strains, politics and more.
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Connecticut expunged more than 43,000 cannabis convictions
Amelia Williams - Published on January 11, 2023Read moreConnecticut is the latest state to legalize recreational cannabis with a focus on equity and social justice. They’ve expunged nearly 44,000 criminal records so far, but there’s more work to be done.
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After a week of hope, the SAFE Banking Act dies again in the Senate
Max Savage Levenson - Published on December 8, 2022Read moreProponents’ hopes were dashed once again, after GOP senators fought against including the measure in a defense budget bill.
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Why I’m on the edge of my seat about legal weed in Missouri
Janessa Bailey - Published on November 8, 2022Read moreLegal weed is on the ballot in Missouri, and we’re paying attention. Will voters show up for cannabis in the Show-Me-State?
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Pennsylvanians have one more week to wipe weed convictions
Joe Evans - Published on September 23, 2022Read moreGov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman want thousands of Pennsylvanians to clear their records for possession and personal-use convictions.
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‘No one should be in prison for marijuana,’ Biden declares
Bruce Barcott - Published on July 19, 2022Read moreYou do know you’re the one in charge of that, right Joe?
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As Biden waffles on weed reform, Dems press him to do, like, any-f’ing-thing
Max Savage Levenson - Published on July 6, 2022Read moreSix frustrated senators sent Biden a letter on July 6, demanding that the President deschedule cannabis, and issue mass pardons, ASAP.
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President Biden commutes sentences of 9 marijuana prisoners
Max Savage Levenson - Published on April 26, 2022Read moreOf the 78 people whose sentences were reduced, 9 involved cannabis offenses.
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Senate hopeful Gary Chambers vows to hold President Biden to his federal legalization promise
Mehka King - Published on March 3, 2022Read moreThe Louisiana native spoke to Leafly about his plans to push for federal legalization and mass-expungements if elected.
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Exit-Now offers cannabis scholarship and expungement resources in Saint Louis, MO
Ryan Brown - Published on February 7, 2022Read moreMissouri cannabis non-profit Exit-Now extends scholarship and expungement opportunities to the Saint Louis community and beyond.
