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Marijuana prohibition has disproportionately hurt minority communities. Data shows that black and hispanic people are arrested and convicted for cannabis-related charges at a much higher rate than the general population. But with recreational marijuana becoming legal in California in 2018, the city of Los Angeles is hoping to reverse those punishments.
The city of Los Angeles is working on creating a program that would help people affected by anti-marijuana laws in the past enter the cannabis industry when recreational legalization takes effect in 2018. While California law prevents the city from giving preferential treatment to people based on race, Los Angeles can help the poor (who are disproportionately minorities) to enter the industry. The people who would benefit from the program are poor people who have been convicted of a marijuana crime, poor people whose immediate family members were convicted of a marijuana crime, people with low incomes that live in areas that were heavily affected by marijuana convictions and companies who hire disadvantaged applicants. While many of the people who would benefit form this arrangement are minorities, the program is not about race as much as it is about helping people who've been hurt by unjust marijuana laws.
That's only your opinion, because you don't understand how many good, productive, upstanding citizens have been harmed by unjust marijuana laws. You have let your imagination run away with you because your stereotype of a typical marijuana user is so strong, and so inaccurate.
The War on Drugs takes down thousands of good people every year. Many more good people are harmed by The War than are bad people. What does it take to get people to wake up and realize that?
The key word is in the text you quoted: "unjust". It has been that way since 1937, and even back then racism played a big role in marijuana prohibition.
That's only your opinion, because you don't understand how many good, productive, upstanding citizens have been harmed by unjust marijuana laws. You have let your imagination run away with you because your stereotype of a typical marijuana user is so strong, and so inaccurate.
The War on Drugs takes down thousands of good people every year. Many more good people are harmed by The War than are bad people. What does it take to get people to wake up and realize that?
The key word is in the text you quoted: "unjust". It has been that way since 1937, and even back then racism played a big role in marijuana prohibition.
If you play you pay. It's that simple. If you don't want a record don't do illegal things. Why is that so hard to understand? Besides once it's legal those convictions won't mean anything to prospective employers.
If you play you pay. It's that simple. If you don't want a record don't do illegal things. Why is that so hard to understand? Besides once it's illegal those convictions won't mean anything to prospective employers.
The laws against marijuana ARE UNJUST! Why is that so hard to understand?
What is this "besides once it is legal blah blah blah"? You are saying in the meantime it is fine to let millions of otherwise productive citizens who broke an unjust law to languish in prison?
This is simply an effort at reducing the harm being caused by The War until we finally do manage to get it legalized. I am a big proponent of Harm Reduction.
Besides once it's legal those convictions won't mean anything to prospective employers.
Have to disagree with you here Bones. Employers follow federal law when it comes to drugs. Living in Oregon where recreational use is legal, I had to sign a paper last year that basically said "This company does not recognize state legislation of marijuana legalization. A positive urinalysis for THC will result in immediate termination". For those that work real jobs that drug test, legalization means absolutely nothing. All it means is that everyday stoners will be able to carry it on them and grow it without fear of penalty.
Have to disagree with you here Bones. Employers follow federal law when it comes to drugs. Living in Oregon where recreational use is legal, I had to sign a paper last year that basically said "This company does not recognize state legislation of marijuana legalization. A positive urinalysis for THC will result in immediate termination". For those that work real jobs that drug test, legalization means absolutely nothing. All it means is that everyday stoners will be able to carry it on them and grow it without fear of penalty.
When he said legal, I think he meant nationally. Once we reach that point, employers will insist on non-impaired employees, of course, but to target "stoners" only (why do you use that word?) but not alcohol users or even those on antidepressants wouldn't be fair. Or allowed.
If you play you pay. It's that simple. If you don't want a record don't do illegal things. Why is that so hard to understand? Besides once it's legal those convictions won't mean anything to prospective employers.
Legal or not, decent employers are not going to want drug addicts working for them.
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