Gov. Maura Healey’s first-in-the-nation plan to issue a blanket pardon for simple marijuana possession was met with the unanimous approval of the Governor’s Council on Wednesday, when ...

But two of those briefed on her plans told the Globe that she would seek blanket forgiveness of simple marijuana possession charges dating back years in Massachusetts, where voters in 2016 ...

President Joe Biden will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana, he announced on Thursday. The president is also calling on governors to pardon state marijuana offenses.

A state panel on Wednesday approved Governor Maura Healey’s blanket pardon of marijuana possession convictions, an action state officials believe could provide forgiveness for tens of thousands ...

Last December, President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning thousands of people who were convicted for the use and/or simple possession of marijuana ... to be a blanket pardon," said ...

It acts as a ‘wet blanket’ over emotions, resulting in a loss of the ability to respond and react appropriately to feelings and life circumstances. A5: Regular marijuana users may become ...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced this month that she’s issuing blanket pardons for residents with misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions. The Democrat is sending the proposal ...

The legal term is “simple possession,” which means the user has a small amount of marijuana with no intent to sell. In a statement, Biden said he issued the blanket pardon because “no one ...

Hoosier offenders of low-level marijuana offenses will instead be ... I can’t in good conscience consider issuing blanket pardons for all such offenders,” Holcomb stated on Monday.

where the vast majority of marijuana prosecutions take place. Maryland’s pardon action rivals only Massachusetts, where the governor and an executive council together issued a blanket pardon in ...

Basore doesn’t believe there will be blanket regulations or taxes “any time soon,” since recreational marijuana remains federally illegal. “I do not see the federal government imposing any ...