The Social Justice Imperative: Legalizing Cannabis Now

The profound disparities embedded within cannabis prohibition represent one of the most glaring failures of the American criminal justice system, demanding immediate federal legalization as a social justice imperative. The “War on Drugs,” initiated in the 1970s, was never a neutral endeavor; it was strategically deployed to target and dismantle Black and brown communities, often using cannabis as the primary pretext. Decades of research unequivocally demonstrate that