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POT POSSESSION PARDONS – The government has now passed a law permitting persons with convictions for simple possession of marijuana to be pardoned without any cost and expedite a process that previously could take up a decade.

Posted bywpengine 20 June 2019

TORONTO, June 20- The Canadian government passed a law late on Wednesday that would allow its citizens with a criminal record for marijuana.

Source: Canada passes law to speed pardons for pot possession

Posted bywpengine20 June 2019Posted inUncategorized

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