If a past minor cannabis conviction is holding you back from getting a job, a loan or a lease, New Leaf Illinois is hosting a virtual session on expungement at 10 a.m. CT Tuesday, April 11. The session will offer an update on expungements as part of the legalization of cannabis in Illinois leading into the 4/20 marijuana “holiday.” Three years have passed since cannabis was legalized in Illinois and central part of the 2020 law as to advance racial justice and correct the disproportionate impact that previous marijuana criminalization had on Black and Brown communities.

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