Governor Moore signs executive order pardoning 175,000 Maryland cannabis convictions

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore has signed an executive order pardoning 175,000 people with low-level marijuana possession convictions. This is the largest pardon of any state in the U.S. for a misdemeanor cannabis possession charge, and it also includes possession of drug paraphernalia. The order follows the state’s 2022 legalization of recreational cannabis. Over 150,000 of the people pardoned had simple […]