Today is 4/20, and there is finally pressure in Washington to legalize cannabis federally. Legalization is not enough, because it alone does not equate to justice for communities harmed by the violent and racist war on drugs. Furthermore, will legalization actually help us? Nomiki Konst opens today’s show by discussing the justice issue, and the need to ensure that cannabis legalization is part of a broader reparations bill. Then, investigative journalist Amanda Chicago Lewis explains the complex legal (and illegal) cannabis market in California, and what that can tell us about the push federally. Finally, Benjamin Dixon and Napoleon da Legend join for today’s panel, to give their takes on cannabis legalization and the trial of Derek Chauvin.
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Amanda Chicago Lewis is a journalist who reports mostly on cannabis as it relates to policy, politics, science, economics, culture, criminal justice, and public health. Twitter: @msamandalewis Instagram: @amandachicagolewis Links: https://www.amandachicagolewis.com/
Napoleon Da Legend is an Afrobeat/Hip-Hop Artist activist who works regularly with youth, running hip-hop workshops in Brooklyn’s toughest schools and Rikers Island’s juvenile programs. Twitter: @TeamNDL Instagram: @teamndl » Link: https://www.napoleondalegend.com
Ben Dixon is the host of the Benjamin Dixon podcast and Youtube Show. The show discusses “news and commentary from a progressive perspective.” He is also the author of God is Not a Republican. Twitter: @BenjaminPDixon Instagram: @benjamin_p_dixon Links: http://www.thebenjamindixonshow.com/
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