Illinois: Governor Issues Over 11,000 Pardons Ahead of Marijuana Legalization
Originally published at blog.NORML.org
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker today issued over 11,000 pardons to those with low-level marijuana convictions. The action came on the eve of the enactment of legislation legalizing adult-use cannabis sales.
“As one of the authors of this historic law, I am so proud to witness equity being put into practice today,” said Toi Hutchinson, Senior Advisor to the Governor for Cannabis Control. “The 11,017 pardons that Gov. Pritzker is granting today are thousands of lives forever changed — and hundreds of thousands more will be changed in the coming months. Those who were unfairly targeted by discriminatory drug laws can finally get ahead and build a new future for themselves and their families.”
Under the new law, state-licensed retailers may provide up to 30 grams of cannabis to those over the age of 21. Those who are visiting from out of state may purchase 15 grams of cannabis.
The law also enacts several other changes. Specifically, it permits qualified patients for the first time to engage in the home cultivation of up to five plants, while decriminalizing home grows for non-patients. The law also establishes procedures for the automatic expungement of low-level minor convictions (possession up to 30 grams) and facilitates a process for the expungement of cases involving the possession of up to 500 grams. An estimated 700,000 convictions are eligible for relief under the law.
Source: https://blog.norml.org/2019/12/31/illinois-governor-issues-over-11000-pardons-ahead-of-marijuana-legalization/
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As long as this is for low level offenders and not mass quantity drug dealers, this is a great thing.
Since the first time I smoke pot I knew that it was stupid for us to be paying insane amounts of money to house and provide for
thousands, likely hundreds of thousands, of men for nothing more than smoking or possessing a little weed.
And in the process forcing thousands to become criminals because once they have been in the joint they are unemployable
Not only is the benefit of the massive tax potential for marketing a plant a boom to government, the added tax savings of not incarcerating men for a very stupid reason will be staggering.
We need a federal law that allows for the growing and selling of pot in a legitimate situation. It should be regulated strongly, with use in public being illegal, or while driving, or in front of children ( all of which should also apply to tobacco abuse).
There should also be a federal awareness program that details the dangers of chronic use, addiction, and a description of the withdrawals from those who go through them ( as I do if I use it too often), and makes sure people know that marijuana has side effects and although not as drastic as alcohol and tobacco dangers, it is still a drug to be used with wise discretion and in moderation. And that some people would be wise not to smoke it at all, depending on how they mentally deal with drugs and other life situations.
It is a drug, and it does have potential side effects, but that we have been paying a huge part of the national and state budgets to hunt
down and prosecute as well as imprison has been a wasted pointless expensive effort.
One more part of big nanny government is crumbling, fortunately. Finally.