{"id":1797,"date":"2020-06-15T23:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T23:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/cbd\/these-three-acts-weaponized-weed-against-black-americans"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:51:37","slug":"three-acts-weaponized-weed-against-black-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/cannabis-and-its-evolution\/three-acts-weaponized-weed-against-black-americans","title":{"rendered":"These three acts weaponized weed against Black Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It's easier than ever to see the ways in which weed can be a positive force. To many, it's medicine. To others, it's a source of income. What's harder to see are the ways weed has been used as a political device. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more than a century, white supremacists have used marijuana as a tool to advance anti-Black, anti-minority agendas. Why are so many people in jail for possession while others idly shop for Blue Dream and grow backyard plants? How did it get this way? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the United States, cannabis was designed to be political. It remains that way to this day. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those of us who consume weed, work in the industry, or benefit from the plant in any way have a responsibility to know its place in American history. Knowing how politicians have used marijuana to divide us is the first step in fighting for a more just future. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t

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Knowing how politicians have used marijuana to divide us is the first step in fighting for a more just future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\t\t