So About Those Other Marijuana Convictions (An Open Letter to Mayor Durkan)

by Dan Savage Mike Force
Dear Jenny,
This is a nice start — it's "a necessary first step," as you said in your editorial this morning.
The logic here, of course, is that possessing marijuana should never have been a crime so it's unjust to leave charges and convictions for pot possession on people's records. Over in the UK they're pardoning gay and bi men who were convicted of engaging in homosexual acts back when gay sex was illegal there — and they're doing it for the exa