Steven Page's Record Cleared

05/01/09 3:13pm

by Craig Clark (CHARTattack)

The slate (or is it mirror?) is clean. And as of two paragraphs from now, it's no longer acceptable to make Steven Page cocaine jokes.

All drug possession charges against the former Barenaked Ladies frontman have officially and definitively been dropped.

So that's it, time to holster lines like "cocaine is God's way of saying Steven Page gets paid way too much."

Page, his girlfriend and her roommate were charged with drug possession last July and were cleared of those charges after all the conditions laid out by a New York judge were met, Page's lawyer Mark Mahoney told The Canadian Press.

In October, a judge said the charges would be dropped if the three weren't arrested again, received therapy and passed drug screening for six months.

"New York statute is very specific, and it says that someone who has a dismissal under these circumstances is restored to the position they were in prior to their arrest and prosecution," said Page's lawyer based in Buffalo, N.Y.

The dismissal of the charges removes any legal obstacles that might have stopped Page from entering the United States. According to Page's lawyer, the records of the arrest and prosecution are now sealed and that any fingerprints or photos that may have been taken will be destroyed.

Page left the Barenaked Ladies to pursue a solo career in music and theatre in February.

The band's Snacktime! recently won the best children's album Juno Award. Page didn't attend the ceremony.