Why is it a problem. Without determining the root cause...the real reason....why that black, latino, and asians are not benefiting from cannabis legalization.
This is EXACTLY what
@OldNewbie referred to above, people look at only the result...the statistical representation of groups in an activity....and if minorities are not represented in proportion to their part of the population then there must be discrimination and social injustice that must be corrected via government intervention. I reject that approach, personally.
In this example, you are only looking at the result; not the causation, and from that determining that there is a problem. In particular a problem of discrimination and availability of opportunities to participate in the industry.
I see NO such evidence that the result is due to this causation.
5 challenges facing states that wade into legal marijuana
DENVER — Four more states just legalized marijuana for all adults, and more than half the states now allow pot use by people with a long list of ailments. But don’t break out the Goldfish and Cheetos just yet.
That’s what the Colorado governor famously said after his state and Washington became the first to legalize recreational pot in 2012.
The joke belies an important truth about the nation’s evolving marijuana experiment: It’s too soon to say how these experiments will turn out. States wading into legal weed are in direct defiance of federal drug law, so they’re on their own when it comes to regulating a drug that had been illegal for almost a century.
A look at the top issues facing states that are moving toward legalization: (cont)
Buffalo Bills tackle Henderson suspended 10 games by NFL
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The NFL suspended Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson for 10 games for what the player’s agent tells The Associated Press stems from his client using marijuana to relieve the effects of Crohn’s disease.
The Bills announced the league notified them on Tuesday of Henderson’s suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.
It’s Henderson’s second suspension this year after he served a four-game ban to start the season.
Henderson’s agent, Brian Fettner, called the league’s decision “heartbreaking,” and added he cannot appeal the suspension because the NFL doesn’t allow an exemption for medical marijuana use.
“His situation is unique, but the drug policy doesn’t line up with the uniqueness. It’s disappointing,” Fettner said.
“The reality is, the NFL’s position has been if you need medical marijuana then you’re too sick to play,” he added. “But that’s just not the case for Seantrel Henderson.” (cont).