POL SCI 179 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Drug Policy Alliance, Misdemeanor, Cannabis Shop
14 Sep 2016
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For: amanda reiman, works at the drug policy alliance. Social discrimination is ever present in drug laws needs to be changed! Over 21"000 people were arrested on marijuana charges in 2012. Blacks 5 times more likely to be arrested for felony. With this proposition, cops can"t discriminate by deciding whether or not a person intends to sell. This proposition eliminates chance of incarceration over small crime. Currently 10"000 people in jail night now because of marijuana-related things. Marijuana legalisation is for those who love marijuana, those who hate marijuana, and those who frankly don"t give a sh*t about marijuana. Against: jamie kerr, owner of a marijuana dispensary (she is not against legalisation, just prop. In ca, marijuana industry is 99% from small dispensaries/growers. She doesn"t believe it will bring social justice. Only 5 out of 62 pages deal with social issues. 64 is for the commercial corporatisation of marijuana. It"s not if we legalise, but how and when.
