Cannabis expungements expand in Maryland

With recreational marijuana now legal, people with minor convictions before the laws changed were stuck with tainted criminal records. ​ ​”I think a lot of people were feeling like, ‘In 1999 I did a year in jail or prison for possessing a small amount of marijuana and now I can go into a store and buy that,'” said Meaghan McDermott, the chief attorney at Maryland Legal Aid. ​ ​Cannabis convictions can you hold you back, even convictions for things like simple possession.​ READ MORE: https://www.wmar2news.com/local/cannabis-expungements-expand-as-recreational-marijuana-reaches-one-year-mark