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I was not disappointed by the President’s statements, I applaud and commend them. By talking about the issue the way he did, he framed it in a way that resonates strongly with me – as a racial justice issue. Regardless of how one feels about the efficacy of making marijuana legally available for adult consumption, there is no question that our current policies and efforts to enforce them are hurting African-American and Latino youth. It’s ironic, a majority of the Beltway media (particularly those over 50) are primarily concerned about the effect marijuana legalization could have on children – as if the hundreds of thousands of children of color that are negatively affected by marijuana prohibition don’t exist. I guess in their world, they don’t count. Continue reading →