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Newsday: 18/06/2024 05:06 GMT : Maryland governor forgives thousands of marijuana-related convictions

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18/06/2024 05:06 GMT 

18/06/2024 05:06 GMT : Maryland governor forgives thousands of marijuana-related convictions

Maryland governor forgives thousands of marijuana-related convictions

BBC World Service - Newsday, Maryland governor forgives thousands of marijuana-related convictions

Possession of marijuana was legalised in Maryland last year after a referendum

Governor Wes Moore has pardoned more than a hundred and seventy thousand marijuana convictions. He says it's the most sweeping state-level pardon in US history.

The governor of the US state of Maryland has pardoned 175,000 people convicted of cannabis offences.

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