Jesse Rabinowitz on Harassing the Unhoused, Maritza Perez Medina on Rescheduling Marijuana
How hard is it to understand the difference between charging poor people monetary fines they obviously can’t pay, and addressing homelessness with housing?
‘You Have People Who Only Look at Marijuana Legalization as Another Way to Make Money’:
CounterSpin interview with Tauhid Chappell on cannabis equity
“How can we broaden our pardons and broaden our expungements, and expedite and automatically create these opportunities for people to move past these convictions?”
David Himmelstein on Medicare Dis-Advantage, Tauhid Chappell on Cannabis Equity
The cynical maneuvers of Medicare Advantage don’t lead to good health outcomes, but they serve the real goal: netting private insurers more money.
‘Despite Legalization, the People Harmed the Most Are Not Able to Benefit’
“Incarceration, especially for Black Americans, still has not significantly decreased, despite legalization of marijuana.”
Tauhid Chappell on Cannabis Justice, Evan Greer on Kids Online Safety Act
What will the legalization, and profitizing, of marijuana mean for the people and communities most harmed by its criminalization?
‘Once the Federal Government Legalizes, Many More States Would Follow Through’
“Marijuana isn’t just about legalization…but making sure that the communities that have been harmed the most…are really at the center.”
The Return of Reefer Madness
Alex Berenson is good at cherry-picking a few crazy examples of where pot use has been linked to violence, with questionable evidence.
‘A Marijuana-Related Charge Can Still Impact Somebody for Life’
“Drug policies have always been a way for law enforcement and people in control to put their hands on the undesirables in their communities, the so-called undesirables, poor people, people of color.”
