Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014.
By: Malik Burnett, M.D., M.B.A.
Reports that African Americans in the nation’s capital are eight times more likely to be arrested as whites, despite relatively equal marijuana use, were the catalyst for the city’s Council to act earlier this year by passing the most progressive marijuana decriminalization legislation to date.
However, a quick examination of the other 18 states that have decriminalized marijuana reveals that discrimination persists after decriminalization. In the…
