Tweet - "The federal prohibition on marijuana has disproportionately harmed young people of color. @SenBooker, @RonWyden, and I are working to pass our Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act to end the federal prohibition and undo the harms of the War on Drugs."

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Date: Sept. 9, 2021
Issues: Marijuana Drugs

"The federal prohibition on marijuana has disproportionately harmed young people of color.

@SenBooker, @RonWyden, and I are working to pass our Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act to end the federal prohibition and undo the harms of the War on Drugs."

@NORML
"People of Color are arrested for violating #marijuana possession laws at nearly four times the rates of whites, yet both ethnicities consume marijuana at roughly the same rates.

Read more from #NORML: https://norml.org/marijuana/fact-sheets/racial-disparity-in-marijuana-arrests/?utm_source=NORML&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=Marijuana%20Facts&utm_content=Racial%20Disparity%20in%20Arrests"

@SenSchumer


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