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The word is race. Many drugs in the US are associated with particular races. America used to get much of its weed from South America, hence it is associated w
by sandworm101 5y ago
The word is race. Many drugs in the US are associated with particular races. America used to get much of its weed from South America, hence it is associated with Mexicans and border smugglers. Conversely, in Canada, weed was once controlled by biker gangs. Bikers gangs being predominantly white organizations, weed in Canada is not now associated with minority groups.
- conductr 5y agoRace is intertwined in nearly all American policies but I don’t think it particularly plays a role in why Texas or the South has been slow to legalize/decriminalize marijuana. I think that’s the southern conservative values thing, which does have a racist component. Towing the party line means supporting the war on drugs. I think we look to places that have legalized. Where it’s basically an extension of the craft beer industry and very white, so I think the same would be true here if/when legalized. I don’t see how racism comes into current policy choices. My personal opinion, and I feel like I’ve always been pro legalization, but I don’t like how it’s been done in other states I’ve visited. I don’t want to see a weed shop in every strip center or a green cross on ever billboard. I don’t want my kids seeing that. Just because we do alcohol that way, doesn’t make it the best way. I wish it was behind the counter at a pharmacist or mail order only or something similar. Porn shops and strip clubs are highly zoned to keep it out of neighborhoods here, that could work.