California opted to erase cannabis-related convictions from records
A man smokes a marijuana joint in Kamloops, B.C. on Oct. 17, 2018.
Only 23 of the estimated 9,400 qualified individuals had applied in the first half of 2018, the city's district attorney"People weren't coming forward because they don't have the time, or money," he said. "If you've already legalized marijuana and you already know who has been convicted before, I don't know why you'd make people jump through so many hoops."
Tabelled earlier this month, Bill C-93 waives the $631 pardon application fee and five-year waiting period for simple cannabis possession, but it doesn't give officials the authority to take on the burden and clear convictions automatically, said lawyer Annamaria Enenajor, director of the Canadian advocacy group Campaign for Cannabis Amnesty.
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