Humanities Homework Help

Readings

• The War on Marijuana is Black and White (pages 14-28), ACLU 
• Protecting Public Health and Promoting Equity in Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization in Illinois, Illinois Public Health Institute 
• Podcast: Why Is The Cannabis Industry So Damn White? Brave New Weed 
• Meet the women fighting to ensure people of color have a stake in the legal marijuana industry, Mic 

Questions

• How should communities account for the past and current injustices of criminalization as cannabis legislation moves forward? How far should they go? Expungement of criminal offenses, reparations, priority applications for cannabis businesses?
• What are your communities doing and are they seeing any success?
• Can you foresee any potentially negative impacts to communities, particularly Black and Latinx, from these policies trying to address equity?