“In US markets, Mexican marijuana has largely been supplanted by domestic-produced marijuana.”
Topic: Arrests
In all five of the cities examined, Black people were overrepresented amongst those arrested for the low-level possession of cannabis.
"The over-enrollment of African Americans is consistent with past studies that have shown African Americans to be more likely than White Americans to be arrested for cannabis possession."
"At a time when the overwhelming majority of Americans want cannabis to be legal and regulated, it is an outrage that many police departments across the country continue to waste tax dollars and limited law enforcement resources on arresting otherwise law-abiding citizens for simple marijuana possession."
Texas police made just under 100,000 marijuana-related arrests in 2018, the highest total ever reported in the state.
In 2018, 89 percent of those arrested in the District of Columbia for marijuana violations were Black people.
"The Fourth Amendment … prohibits law enforcement officers from arresting and searching a person without a warrant based solely upon the odor of marijuana on or about that person."
Black people comprised 97 percent of those arrested or ticketed for marijuana violations over the past year.