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Cannabis Media & Organizations Reports On Latest Cannabis Congressional Committe, “Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform”

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Chairman Nadler Statement for the Subcommittee Hearing on “Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform”. Unfortunately, the same racial animus motivating enactment of these laws also led to racially disproportionate enforcement of such laws, which has had a substantial, negative impact on minority communities. “An

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US to ban Backwoods, Swishers and other flavored blunt wraps

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Tobacco companies will likely challenge the decision in court, according to Stat News. A separate study of blunt wrap brand Backwoods-tagged content on Instagram found that half of #backwoods posts were marijuana-related. This will have tremendous racial disparities.”. FDA confronts a health inequity. Comment below.