GOP Senator Leads Bipartisan Effort To Seal Low-Level Marijuana Possession Records, Providing ‘Second Chance’
Republican Senator Rand Paul was busy last week.
What Happened: In addition to introducing a measure that aims to relax federal constraints on hemp by tripling the allowable THC content from 0.3% to 1%, he also proposed a cannabis-related bill.
The Clean Slate Act would allow individuals convicted of simple drug possession and other low-level, nonviolent crimes involving marijuana to request record sealing. That’s for offenses that aren’t eligible for automatic relief.
The newly introduced measure is a companion bill to a House version, filed in 2023, by Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and …