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Cannabis laws applied to all Americans.

• asterix_pano 3y ago
  They are not enforced the same way to all, though.
• benlivengood 3y ago
  At the discretion of both law enforcement officers and prosecutors.
  • nailer 3y ago
    Do you have evidence that cannabis laws were enforced disproportionately?
    • tessierashpool 3y ago
      sure, let me spend my Saturday going on Google for you, to find the overwhelming evidence that has been gathered for the past several decades, which you somehow missed. or claim to have missed.
      • nailer 3y ago
        We know that the US police are more likely to shoot white people than black people based on the FBI data, so it’s not unreasonable to think this may also be an urban legend
    • benlivengood 3y ago
      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK425763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK425763/ with 10% v.s. 8% use, 4x arrest rate for black folks: https://norml.org/marijuana/fact-sheets/racial-disparity-in-marijuana-arrests/ https://norml.org/marijuana/fact-sheets/racial-disparity-in-...
      • nailer 3y ago
        It would be interesting to see if there were other offences being committed or where possession was the sole offence.
• 0ct4via 3y ago
  "Application" depends purely on enforcement and the discretion of (a) the arresting officer, and then (b) the justice system further down the line. You can't deny that the WoD and cannabis prosecutions in particular have disproportionately targeted African Americans and other minorities.