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What was unjust was the laws demonizing weed. They have absolutely ruined these peoples lives with these garbage convictions, since having a federal felony on y

• gruez 4y ago
  >So it’s only natural to offer recourse for past garbage decisions. Except that's a terrible way of offering "recourse". It really only benefits the people who are able to start a business, which probably means they're already financially well off. Every other convict gets nothing. Overall the policy seems similar to admissions policies at colleges that favor black students. They're trying to right some wrong, but the policy is so poorly targeted that it ends up benefiting primarily blacks who are already well off (and probably the least negatively affected by past discrimination), whereas poorer blacks who are actually suffering from the effects of past discrimination get nothing.