Some 86 percent of people arrested on marijuana charges last year were black or Latino even though all racial groups use the drug at similar rates, officials have said. (patch.com)
Eight of the prisoners I talked with were there for marijuana charges, two for crack cocaine. (religion-online.org)
Liberal MP Bill Blair — the man in charge of the marijuana file — described the rate of marijuana charges as «shocking,» yet, last week, the government opposed an NDP motion calling for its decriminalization while we wait for the slow wheels of legalization to turn. (canadianlawyermag.com)