Canada does it right - Legalize pot, pardon minor pot cases

[packman]

The Liberal government's announcement that it will expedite the processing of pardons for people with minor cannabis-related criminal records is welcome news to tens of thousands of Canadians who have been convicted of possession offences.

And while the Parole Board of Canada might soon be inundated with record suspension requests — more than 500,000 Canadians have a criminal record for having pot on their person, according to a 2014 study — advocates claim the Liberal plan might not go far enough to reverse decades of "historical injustice" from cannabis prohibition



https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-pot-pardons-limitations-1.4866610

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread packman.

[BlueJac]

2. k&R

[Loge23]

3. Meanwhile, in Idiotland

The minority government in the USA is talking about how to keep people who are actively involved with cannabis commerce in Canada out of the United States.
This is what we get when a small gaggle of dinosaurs from the smallest states in the country get to play majority ruling Senators.

[Calculating]

4. Why couldn't I have been born in Canada?

Instead I was born in this backwards ass country with viewpoints stuck in the 1950's. To top it off, I'm stuck living in Utah where the Mormons control everything.

[Scurrilous]

5. K&R