Where pot is legal, more black people still go to jail for marijuana
 

Where pot is legal, more black people still go to jail for marijuana
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While some advocates of the drug policy reform movement have made it their lifelong mission to convince the population that legalizing the leaf is the only way to end the racial disparity that exists in relation to marijuana-related arrests, a recent study shows that legalization has ** bearing on the racial imbalance — African-Americans are still getting busted more than whites for marijuana in states that have made it legal.

In a comparative analysis of the arrest rates before and after Colorado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana, researchers found that while arrests for pot have dropped off significantly in those states, blacks still remain a hard target for violating state marijuana laws. Read more...


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