War on Drugs

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he planned to pardon simple marijuana possession and urged local governors to do the same.

By emphasizing incarceration, drug laws disregard the potential of rehabilitation and focus instead on individual criminalization.

Berkeley City Council decided on the number of retail licenses granted to future cannabis business owners as part of its Cannabis Equity Program at its regular Tuesday evening meeting.

Black and Latinx people were almost four times more likely to be arrested for the crime, despite Black, Latinx and white folks using weed at the same rates.

Here you'll find an abridged look into the historical narrative of stigmatization of hemp and marijuana through economic means and racism.