Investing in local communities and rolling back the criminalization of marijuana is exactly what the country needs right now.
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As rich, white business owners monopolize newly-available marijuana licenses, states continue to arrest people of color for cannabis crimes, even after it’s legal. This leads Hasan to ask: if cannabis can’t be legalized fairly, should it be legalized at all?
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An amendment that would prohibit the Fed from interfering in state medical pot laws is still up in the air.
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