Cannabis Law Reform Is a Civil Rights Issue and Must Be Treated as Such

In recent decades, there has been immense progress toward making cannabis available for both medicinal and recreational use. Generally speaking, Democrats in Congress are much more supportive of cannabis law reform than Republicans. However, even Democrat proponents seldom highlight the longstanding racial disparities that exist in the enforcement of cannabis prohibition. One of the main reasons that I am interning at NORML is to apply my experience with inequality and social policy to cannabis legislation…