Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order pardoning more than 175,000 cannabis convictions on Monday, making Maryland the latest state to try to undo the harm imposed by criminal records.

The state legalized the use of recreational marijuana in 2022. Several other states and the federal government have also wiped out low-level convictions for marijuana possession.

With Pardons in Maryland, 2.5 Million Americans Will Have Marijuana Convictions Cleared or Forgiven Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of ...

Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland on Monday pardoned around 175,000 marijuana-related convictions, which he said will impact tens of thousands of people. The move comes about a year after ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on June 17 issued pardons for 175,000 low-level criminal marijuana convictions — one of the nation’s most sweeping clemency acts that could affect as many as ...

175,000 marijuana convictions pardoned by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore BALTIMORE -- Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardoned more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday in a sweeping executive order.

Maryland’s governor issued pardons for more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday – a significant act of mass clemency that reflects the rapidly changing attitudes toward a drug that an ...

NORML, a group that advocates for legalized marijuana, has tallied about 2.5 million expungements and pardons for cannabis convictions in recent years.

NORML, a group that advocates for legalized marijuana, has tallied about 2.5 million expungements and pardons for cannabis convictions in recent years.