Lawmaker Wants To Expunge Pot Convictions

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If you were arrested for pot possession in the past, how would you like to clear your record now that voters have approved of recreational marijuana in Michigan? That’s what state Senator Jeff Irwin has proposed in a bill introduced in the state senate.

“We have hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents who are still living with a blemish on their record for something that is now legal,” Irwin said. “The citizens have spoken. They’ve said that cannabis should be legal in the state of Michigan.”

Therefore, Irwin says those who were harmed by prohibition have a change to get it wiped off their record. He adds this is the next step in ending the unsuccessful prohibition of marijuana that punished Michigan residents unfairly for decades. He believes