Legalise cannabis, don’t criminalise communities Anti-prohibition campaigner calls for reform: free the people not just the herb By mowords
CANNABIS PROHIBITION has had a massively negative impact on Black communities in Britain since its introduction in 1971, but ending prohibition will not be enough to fix the damage, according to leading drug policy advocates.
Despite the stereotypes, Black people do not smoke cannabis any more frequently than their white peers but bias in the way the drug is policed means that the negative impacts are concentrated in poor communities in general and Black communities in particular. In most cases of Stop and Search , nothing at all is found but, on the occasions when cannabis is found, Black people are around six times more likely to be arrested than their white peers.
Even Black people who do not smoke cannabis are impacted by increased police surveillance, violence linked to the illegal market, and the impact on loved ones. last month, presented by Release and UNJUST UK, which featured prominent advocates in drug policy reform, including Kassandra Frederique, who has led the campaigns in New York, and people with lived experiences of the war on Cannabis.
“It wasn’t about freeing a plant; it was about freeing the people. About figuring out how do we actually decriminalise communities,” she said.
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