Do you have evidence that cannabis laws were enforced disproportionately?

benlivengood · 2023-12-25T21:40:45.000000Z

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-...

nailer · 2023-12-27T15:53:22.000000Z

It would be interesting to see if there were other offences being committed or where possession was the sole offence.

tessierashpool · 2023-12-23T17:07:43.000000Z

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 · 2023-12-27T15:49:31.000000Z

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