... adult-use cannabis was an expansive expungement provision, codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1, which directs automatic expungement -- “by operation of law” -- of ... of “any case” “by operation of law.” N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1. That is unlike traditional expungement provisions. (pp. 22-28) 4 ... marijuana convictions and dispositions “by operation of law.” N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1; N.J.S.A. 2C:35-23.1(b)(1 ... prior to CREAMMA’s effective date -- is especially instructive. See N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1. A former marijuana charge that resulted in a conditional discharge ... adult-use cannabis was an expansive expungement provision, codified at N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1, entitled “Certain crimes expunged by operation of law. ... effectuate the expungement of records associated with any expunged matter. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:52-6.1 (emphases added).] Notably, the phrase “by operation of ...