 The American Medical Association is the nation’s largest professional association of physicians.
This week they announced they they have approved a resolution which calls for the automatic expungement of arrest and conviction records for cannabis-related offenses which are no longer illegal under new state cannabis laws. The AMA released a statement which said their goal was “to introduce equity and fairness into the fast-changing effort to legalize cannabis.” AMA trustee Dr. Scott Ferguson, said, “This affects young people aspiring to careers in medicine as well as many others who are denied housing, education, loans and job opportunities.” “It simply isn’t fair to ruin a life based on actions that result in convictions but are subsequently legalized or decriminalized.” The AMA also requested that the expungement be automated. Ferguson said, “It can be a lengthy and expensive process. Automatic expungement would relieve people of having to figure out and pay for the bureaucratic steps necessary for sealing a criminal record.” But despite this support for expunging records, the AMA said it, “continues to oppose legalization of cannabis.” Comments are closed.
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