This American article has so many South African parallels. As SA grapples with the speed of medical cannabis legalisation since the tabling of the Medical Innovation Bill in parliament last month, we wonder who will end up controlling the market. Will ordinary South Africans have a say or will medical cannabis end up like the SA industrial cannabis hemp sector – a closed shop of control and permits available only to a few……..
Michelle Alexander: White Men Get Rich from Legal Pot, Black Men Stay in Prison
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For 40 years, poor communities of color have experienced the wrath of the war on drugs. …read more