The goals of the Black Lives Matter movement go far beyond addressing the relationship police have with the Black community. (Spoiler: It’s really, really…not good…y’all.) It also seeks to address the manner in which the United States treats Black people on a number of other fronts.
Three of those fronts have multiple intersections: cannabis, the medical industry and law enforcement.
As history and studies show, the Black community receives unequal treatment for cannabis arrests and prosecutions, and with medical care. These disparities are amplified by long-standing fears, beliefs and resistance in the Black community to both cannabis, and in many cases, doctors.
The War on Drugs successfully demonized cannabis, creating unique challenges in presenting medical cannabis to Black/BIPOC communities as being valid and with…
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The goals of the Black Lives Matter movement go far beyond addressing the relationship police have with the Black community. (Spoiler: It’s really, really…not good…y’all.) It also seeks to address the manner in which the United States treats Black people on a number of other fronts.
Three of those fronts have multiple intersections: cannabis, the medical industry and law enforcement.
As history and studies show, the Black community receives unequal treatment for cannabis arrests and prosecutions, and with medical care. These disparities are amplified by long-standing fears, beliefs and resistance in the Black community to both cannabis, and in many cases, doctors.
The War on Drugs successfully demonized cannabis, creating unique challenges in presenting medical cannabis to Black/BIPOC communities as being valid and with…
