What questions do you have for Mike DeWine, Nan Whaley, J.D. Vance and Tim Ryan?
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Marijuana convictions cause economic decay
The NAACP Columbus Unit is in agreement with President Joe Biden’s three-step initiative regarding marijuana reform.
The imprisonment of Black people, Black males in particular, on marijuana-related charges has been racially disproportionate in relation to other similar offenses.
As such, this has caused a disparate impact that has led to the moral and economic decay of our family structure. We have long regarded this inequity as “The New Jim Crow,” as defined by Dr. Michelle Alexander.
It is for these reasons among others that we are in full support of overhauling the current penalty system and recognizing this three-step plan as an incubator to racial and social…
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