Marijuana isn't just for spliff kings anymore. A 2019 survey found that 2/3 of Americans say marijuana should be legal. So for every 3 people, there are 2 puffs and 1 pass. If you don't get that joke, you're a narc.
Pro-marijuana legislation almost always wins on the ballot and over 40% of Americans now live in a state where recreational pot is legal. That means Sam can start getting the word out about her new special homegrown blend: Sam Bee's Panic Grass. Leafly called it “mostly lavender” 
Everyone from Chuck Schumer to Charles Koch to Snoop Dogg supports federally legalizing marijuana, but doing so won't be easy.
Historical anti-marijuana propaganda is riddled with unscientific arguments that it incites violent crimes, arouses a lust for blood, and gives users superhuman strength. The only person who reacts like that when consuming a plant is Super Mario.
This propaganda campaign ultimately led to anti-marijuana laws, specifically directed at Mexican migrants and Mexican Americans. In 1937, congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act, effectively criminalizing cannabis.
In the year after it was passed, Black people were ~3x more likely to be arrested for violating narcotic laws than white people, and Mexicans were nearly 9x more likely to be arrested. All of this set the stage for the "War on Drugs.”
With the help of Congress, Nixon classified marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug under the controlled substances act. Marijuana is more restricted than Schedule 2 drugs, which include meth and cocaine. You know how we know those are scarier than pot? Because they're METH and COCAINE.
Even after a bipartisan commission determined marijuana should be decriminalized, Nixon rejected the recommendation because it was never really a "War on Drugs." It was a war on Black and brown people.
White people stand to profit massively off of an industry that has been and continues to be largely harmful to people of color. Let’s legalize marijuana now, but not without addressing what the War on Drugs has done to Black and brown communities. Oh, and happy 4/21.
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