• ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    This a bit out of date. Who’s locked up for smoking a joint? Personal use is a ticket in harsh states, and legal in most states.

    • GoFastBoots@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Do you think they just happily released all of those who were previously convicted and sentenced for possession just because we may not be as harsh with the sentencing now?

      There are absolutely people whose lives have been ruined over it, still sitting in prison for being the wrong color in the wrong place at the wrong time.

      I’d be curious to know if there’s any confirmation that personal use/possession doesn’t lead to jail time for anybody in the us anymore.

      • MycoBro@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        You don’t have to be black for the pigs to harass you. Just poor. But being black certainly don’t help.