The governor of the US state of Maryland issued a mass pardon of drug offenses on Monday, in a far-reaching move forgiving 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions across multiple decades. Democrat Wes Moore said his act — “the most sweeping state-level pardon…

Maryland Governor Wes Moore said Black Marylanders were three times more likely to be detained over cannabis-related charges than their white counterparts – Copyright AFP Omar AL-QATTAA
The governor…