420 with CNW — Report from White House Draws Attention to Law Enforcement Concerns on Marijuana
Cannabis policing has been an extremely controversial issue in American history. While the war on drugs was ostensibly launched to cripple the criminal organizations behind the illicit drug trade, Black and Brown communities were disproportionately affected by the antidrug campaign. Decades later, the drug war has decimated marginalized communities for minor drug charges and has long been declared an unmitigated failure. Even though the move to legalize cannabis across the country has been praised by criminal and racial justice activists, the cannabis reform movement hasn’t received everyone’s support. The White House recently issued its annual drug enforcement report to Congress…
