BREAKING: New York became the 15th state to legalize recreational marijuana. The bill will also expunge records for thousands of people with past marijuana convictions.
94% of people arrested for marijuana in New York last year were people of color.
This is a historic moment.
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The federal gov maintaining marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act means continued criminalization of the substance.
This criminalization disproportionally harms and oppresses poor & working class people, particularly in communities of color.
Deschedule, dont reschedule.
According to the ACLU’s report, Blacks are 3.64 times more likely than whites to face arrest, despite both groups acknowledging consuming cannabis at nearly similar rates.
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