Tag: Racist Drug War
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Iowa Sends Black Man To Prison For Five Years For Marijuana Possession
Marijuana was made illegal for racist reasons. This is well established history. Today, the oppression of people of color continues with a little known law on the books in Iowa’s systemically racist drug war, as a 26 year old black man is robbed of five years of his life for possessing a god given medicinal…
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Iowa Public Radio’s Ben Kieffer Hosts WeedPress For An Hour Long Discussion At Iowa Capitol Law Library [TRANSCRIPT SOON]
This interview took place April 2nd 2019. Unexpectedly Ben Kieffer brought up the WeedPress blog (follow us on Facebook) and asked about it, so I figured it’s relevant to post here. https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/defining-unborn-person-and-stronger-medical-marijuana?fbclid=IwAR0O-p-LgTV4F3RVUxo3S8Ig_GTZ-XShy6edG8g62M03ddQ8fPWaNKDkzmQ#stream/0 Listen to the full hour of this Legislative Day edition of River to River here- Bills exploring medical marijuana and the definition…
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Des Moines Register: People Of Color Get Harsh Marijuana Convictions While Mayors Walk With Community Service
Writes Rekha Basu in today’s Register: “Each Kennedy got only two years of probation and 100 hours of community service. If they comply with the terms of the deferred judgment, a 10-year sentence will not appear on their records. I’m not sorry they caught a break. Marijuana use at some level is legal in most states but still…
WeedPress: The Paper Trail 