Drug Policy Alliance: Sandra Bland Marijuana Smear Is Another Cheap Trick of Racist Drug War

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 24, 2015

By: Sharda Sekaran

Two years ago, when marijuana was brought up to smear the reputation of Trayvon Martin, I wrote “In Order to Address Racism, We Must Confront the Drug War.” I said, “From clothing to intoxicants, what is normal and innocuous in another context becomes sinister when associated with black men and boys.” Sandra Bland’s tragic death in a Texas jail, and subsequent reports of marijuana found in…