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New report details racial disparities in pot possession charges in California

By Douglas A. Berman

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As detailed in this press release, the Drug Policy Alliance (which advocates alternatives to the war on drugs) this week "released a report that documents widespread race-based disparities in the enforcement of low-level marijuana possession laws in California." Here are some details from the release: Focused on the 25 largest counties in the state, t he report finds that African Americans are arrested for marijuana possession at substantially higher rates than whites, typically at double, triple or even quadruple the rate of whites. Further, blacks are arrested for marijuana possession far out of proportion to their percentage in the total population of the counties. According to the report, ?Targeting Blacks for Marijuana,? these disparities in marijuana possession arrest rates between whites and blacks cannot be explained by their patterns of marijuana use...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 01, 2010 (boomark / email).

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