Topic: Racial disparity

Cynthia Nixon is making marijuana legalization a pillar of her campaign for New York governor

• Compton, famous for “The Chronic,” says no to legal marijuana sales
• Across California, cities releasing marijuana prisoners and dropping convictions
• Oakland awards special “equity” dispensary permits in public drawing
• San Francisco plans to erase thousands of marijuana convictions
• Rep. Barbara Lee introduces companion House bill to Marijuana Justice Act
• California bill would automatically erase prior marijuana convictions
• Anti-marijuana Kansas lawmaker who suggested African Americans predisposed to abusing drugs resigns from leadership roles
• Anti-marijuana Kansas lawmaker: African Americans more susceptible to drug abuse because of “genetics”
• Colo. gov says he doesn’t see country, Trump admin benefiting from rolling back marijuana policy
• NY attorney general’s office investigating Buffalo police drug checkpoints
• ACLU leader: Legalizing marijuana a “racial justice issue”
• New York turns an eye to recreational cannabis legalization
• Maryland medical marijuana bill could boost African American businesses
• Here’s how much Virginia taxpayers are spending to jail marijuana users
• L.A. aims to help disadvantaged communities cash in on marijuana legalization
• Op-ed: America’s past holds clues for solving current issues with marijuana industry
• ACLU says Pennsylvania should legalize marijuana, given racial disparity in arrests
• Top law enforcement urge Trump, Sessions not to lock up low-level drug offenders
• Al Sharpton calls medical marijuana use “a civil right”
• Atlanta decriminalizes weed possession of one ounce or less
• Los Angeles races to get ready to be biggest legal marijuana market in world
• Los Angeles’ new cannabis czar for ‘new era’ is longtime legalization activist
• Does research support Ann Coulter’s claim there’s a racial correlation to lying about weed use?
• Sen. Cory Booker intros marijuana bill focused on racial justice, descheduling, funding

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