All posts tagged "Racism"
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In History
MLK & Marijuana: How the Civil Rights Leader’s Work Informs the Push for Legal Pot
January 15, 2024Martin Luther King Jr. never spoke publicly about cannabis, but his life and works provide important...
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Politics
California Congressman Bulldozes Hmong Cannabis Farmers’ Crops
August 6, 2021Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) posted numerous videos that show him touring seized pot farms and operating...
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Politics
Brooklyn Brutality Re-Ignites Outrage Over Pot Policing in NYC
March 17, 2020An egregious incident of police abuse in Brooklyn has gone viral on the internet and re-ignited...
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Politics
One City Is Funding ‘Reparations’ With Cannabis Tax Revenue
December 6, 2019The Chicago suburb of Evanston has become the first city in the United States to put...
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Politics
Defining Cannabis Equity at the 2018 Emerald Cup
December 20, 2018Many speakers at the premier outdoor cannabis cultivation event chose to focus on how the cannabis...
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Politics
Anti-Legalization Advocates in Illinois Argue Legal Cannabis ‘Pimps’ Out Minorities
December 1, 2018Cannabis advocates countered that legalization, in fact, means an end to drug laws that police routinely...
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Politics
Cynthia Nixon Endorses Cannabis Legalization in New York Governor’s Race
April 12, 2018With a bombshell homespun video statement, New York's gadfly celebrity gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon has —...
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Politics
Potlanta: ATL Decriminalizes Marijuana
October 4, 2017The city’s anti-cannabis laws were impacting Atlanta’s black population at a severely disproportionate rate.
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Legal
Marijuana Study Finds ‘Racial Injustice’ In California
May 31, 2016Blacks get four times the pot tickets as whites in California; Latinos 1.7 times as many.
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Politics
What do Drug Laws Have to do with Trayvon Martin?
July 15, 2013The verdict is in for George Zimmerman, and it shouldn’t be surprising. The government couldn’t support...
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Current Events
Racism Returns In Trayvon Martin Case
July 11, 2013Attorney in Zimmerman trial attempts to argue pot drove Trayvon Martin to violence On the night...
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Current Events
Major Blow to “Stop & Frisk” Component
January 15, 2013A federal judge in New York City has found some, but not all, of the City’s...
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