Canada to address past pot possession cases

TORONTO (AP) – The point person for the Canadian government’s legalization of pot says Canadians will know soon what will happen with previous criminal convictions for pot possession.

Just hours before recreational marijuana becomes legal Wednesday, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair said answers will be forthcoming shortly that will help Canadian understand the appropriate way those criminal records will be addressed.

The former Toronto police chief says the issue could not be dealt with until the law was changed.

Canada becomes the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace. Uruguay was first.

This item has been corrected to say marijuana becomes legal on Wednesday, not Tuesday.