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I'm a bald head Samsonite Rastafari with a liking for politics, media, sociology, psychology, economics, ganja and other topics.
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Special: Marijuana in NYC- The Blinker
Nearly 51,000 people in NYC were arrested for marijuana possession in 2011. The 2012 number is only expected to be higher, despite minimal efforts to stem the tide by NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. This series tackles the real economic and social consequences of marijuana prohibition in the United State’s most densely populated city.
Nearly 51,000 people in NYC were arrested for marijuana possession in 2011. The 2012 number is only expected to be higher, despite minimal efforts to stem the tide by …
The news site I edit for did a series this month on Marijuana prohibition in NYC.
I really like the series because we got a chance to approach marijuana from a human costs perspective. The costs often get overshadowed by what I would call the “clowning” of it. Cheech and Chong imagery of just stupidly getting stoned and hunting food.
What we hoped to reveal was a much more darker reality of how marijuana prohibition plays into a larger oppressive system against everyone, but even more specifically vulnerable groups of low income or colored people.
What’s revealed is a sad incidence of equality failure. A failure that contributes to the larger difficulty of socioeconomic progress in America. The series isn’t over yet, we’ll be publishing another comprehensive closing piece this Wednesday.
Hope you enjoy!
THE NYPD’S CHOOSES EASY POT ARRESTS OVER FIGHTING SERIOUS CRIME
Crimes of more consequence, including murder and rape, rose significantly in some of the city’s highest pot arrest precincts. This rise in crime was over the same period as the NYPD’s rise in pot arrest rates, and occurred virtually only in communities of color.
Read more about the costs of the NYPD’s War on Pot
Insanity.
Look at this shit I’m about to smoke! #Violet leaves! So pretty…
Silver ass shit. Lucky bitch
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Some fresh bud in the “Incredibowl” my friend got me for my birthday.
I can’t get over how hot this purp looks…
Loading the bowl full of #purple.
