The Canadian government is reportedly planning to grant pardons to Canadians with past minor marijuana possession charges.
Canada’s CTV News reported that officials will announce the plan on Wednesday, the day that recreational marijuana legalization goes into effect.
CTV reported that pardons will be granted to those with possession charges for 30 grams of marijuana or less. The new legal recreational marijuana law allows for possession of that amount.
The pardons will not be granted immediately, according to CTV. Legalization goes into effect at midnight Tuesday night.
The government will reportedly not announce an intention to issue record expungements or grant amnesty for the cases.
Canadian lawmakers voted in June to legalize recreational marijuana nationwide, lifting a 95-year-old ban. Medical marijuana has been legal in Canada for nearly two decades.
laranator on October 17th, 2018 at 03:52 UTC »
Guys I like hockey and weed, how do I become Canadian?
Noob3rt on October 17th, 2018 at 02:35 UTC »
Man, I'm really proud to be Canadian today. First, parks (campgrounds and the like too) legalize marijuana use and then the citizens with minor convictions are pardoned, and then to add the cherry to that delicious cake, we have now ended solitary confinement in prisons. Well done Canada, well done. We have a lot of issues, but these are some magnificent changes.
electropro24v on October 17th, 2018 at 00:02 UTC »
As it should.
I can't believe in most of the United States if you smoke marijuana outside after your children go to bed then watch a movie, You can lose your children and possibly go to jail.
But you can drink vodka and smoke cigarettes in the same room as your kids and that's OK....