Three cheers for Governor Wes Moore! We’ve known for years that Nixon’s “War on Drugs” was actually devised as a way to incarcerate Black people and hippies. “I’m ecstatic that we have a real opportunity with what I’m signing to right a lot of historical wrongs,” Moore said in an interview. Wes Moore will issue a mass pardon of more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday morning, one of the nation’s most sweeping acts of clemency involving a drug now in widespread recreational use. This morning, with deep pride and soberness, I will pardon over 175,000 convictionsrelated to the possession of cannabis and cannabis paraphernalia.

Source: Washington Post June 17, 2024 20:05 UTC