| Lawmakers and legalization advocates are demanding remedies to address decades of demonstrably racist policing. Though whites and African-Americans use marijuana at roughly equivalent rates, people of color face more arrests. Now, advocates are promoting laws that automatically expunge criminal records for marijuana dealing and possession, as well as policies that would give minority communities assistance in building cannabis businesses. |  |
News Alert Thursday, February 21 |
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|  | | Drug laws have historically been racist. Marijuana activists are helping minority dealers go legal | | Lawmakers and legalization advocates are demanding remedies to address decades of demonstrably racist policing. Though whites and African-Americans use marijuana at roughly equivalent rates, people of color face more arrests. Now, advocates are promoting laws that automatically expunge criminal records for marijuana dealing and possession, as well as policies that would give minority communities assistance in building cannabis businesses. | | |
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