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Analyzing 2018 data, the ACLU found that Black people in Kansas are nearly five times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession in Kansas than white people. Preventing black market sales ...
Patients would be allowed to own 12 plants or 6 ounces (170 g) of marijuana for therapeutic purposes. [3] During the 2015 legislative session, the equivalent bill was passed in the House in mid-2015, but stalled in the Senate, who intend to reopen discussion of the bill in 2016. [ 4 ]
The report found that despite marijuana use being roughly equal between blacks and whites, blacks are 3.73 times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession. [167] Tough marijuana policies have also resulted in the disproportionate mass deportation of over 250,000 legal immigrants in the United States. [168]
Efforts to help those most affected participate in — and profit from — the legal marijuana sector have been halting […] The post The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities.
The Kansas Democratic Party platform supports the legalization of marijuana. The 2023 Kansas Speaks Survey, conducted by researchers at Fort Hays State University, found 67% support for legalizing ...
Shona Banda (1978 or 1979) [1] is a Kansas resident of Garden City and medical cannabis rights advocate who was arrested for possession of cannabis in 2015. Her arrest and seizure of her child sparked a debate regarding cannabis in Kansas.
Authorities say an underground pot-growing operation was hidden in a shipping container and they are searching for six more suspects.
Nationwide, Black people are 3.6 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana, despite similar usage rates. [98] Racial disparities vary in severity among states. For example, Colorado has the lowest disparity with Black people being 1.5 more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana.