On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
the folks who profited off of for-profit incarceration get to profit off of the legalization of marijuana first while the communities most impacted are last in the door.
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Ocasio-Cortez highlights inequities in marijuana legalization benefiting those who profited from incarceration.
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