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How black Americans are shut out of the legal marijuana industry

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 03/18/2016 - 09:53

America is in the middle of a "green rush," as states across the US legalize marijuana, letting people finally grow and sell the drug legally for recreational and medical uses.

But there's a big problem: This green rush is, by and large, disproportionately shutting out black Americans as a result of racial disparities in the war on drugs, leaving many unable to participate in the legal pot market, from growing to selling.

Over at BuzzFeed, Amanda Chicago Lewis wrote a phenomenal in-depth look at why this is the case. You should read the full story.

But here are two charts, one from Vox and one from BuzzFeed, that help demonstrate why black people are left out of the legal marijuana industry:

1) Black people are disproportionately likely to be arrested for drugs, even though they're not more likely to use or sell drugs

Joe Posner/Vox

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