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A study released by the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance found that despite having lower marijuana consumption rates than young whites, [20] young Latinos and African Americans were arrested for marijuana possession at much higher rates than whites in the 25 largest California counties. [21]
A 2013 study by the American Civil Liberties Union determined that a black person in the United States was 3.73 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than a white person, but both races have similar rates of marijuana use. [91] Iowa had the highest racial disparity of the fifty states. [92]
Cannabis in California has been legal for medical use since 1996, and for recreational use since late 2016. The state of California has been at the forefront of efforts to liberalize cannabis laws in the United States, beginning in 1972 with the nation's first ballot initiative attempting to legalize cannabis (Proposition 19).
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department has seized more than 90,000 pounds of marijuana from a property in the Hesperia area. Authorities raid 45-ton, $100-million marijuana stash in San ...
Many of them are unable to obtain banking services for what has grown to be a billion-dollar industry, although the California Department of Cannabis Control has sought to help marijuana ...
California Proposition 64 helps to remedy marijuana related incarceration rates considerably. However, some argue that the passing of the MORE Act is a necessary next step down the path of decriminalization of the substance, as it would remove cannabis from the controlled substances list and declassify marijuana as a schedule 1 drug. [36]
Not everyone partakes in the legal use of marijuana in California, so when the pungent aroma of a neighbor’s joint crosses fence lines, a cloud of controversy hovers in the air.
In February 2009, Tom Ammiano introduced the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, the first bill attempting to legalize the sale and use of marijuana in California. If passed and signed into law, marijuana would be sold and taxed openly to adults age 21 and older in a manner similar to alcohol. [14] [15]