Demonstrators march in the annual NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally in support of the legalization of marijuana for recreational and medical use, on May 1, 2021, in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
Demonstrators march in the annual NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally in support of the legalization of marijuana for recreational and medical use, on May 1, 2021, in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
United States drug policy this week moved one step closer to sanity. ItÐÔÊӽ紫ý got much further to go.
We are not cannabis enthusiasts, nor do we love what legal and regulated substances like alcohol and tobacco do to human and public health. But dealing with those who sold and used pot through arrest, prosecution and occasional incarceration was cruel. It was wasteful. And it was terribly discriminatory — because while people of all backgrounds used marijuana, low-income Black and Brown people bore the brunt of criminal enforcement.
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