Citing data from the Drug Policy Alliance, Vox reports on existing racial disparities in marijuana arrests.
Marijuana legalization does a lot of things, but one thing it doesn’t do is stop racial disparities in the criminal justice system — even with marijuana arrests. In a recent report by the Drug Policy Alliance, the pro-legalization group documented the effects of marijuana legalization in several states. As expected, marijuana arrests are down dramatically in legal pot states. But arrests remain for, say, possession by people who are under the legal age of 21, unlicensed sales, and public consumption. Read more >
Author German Lopez
News Site Vox
Date Published January 29, 2018
Article LinkAfter legalization, black people are still arrested at higher rates for marijuana than white people
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