Elizabeth Warren And Jonathan Van Ness: Prevent Corporations Like Amazon, Booze And Tobacco From Taking Over Cannabis Industry
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivered a compelling call for the careful legalization of cannabis at a weekend event sponsored by the Parabola Center, a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to equity in cannabis advocacy. TV personality Jonathan Van Ness of the Netflix series “Queer Eye” was also in attendance.
The two-day gathering featured a series of discussions and an “anti-monopoly cannabis crash course.”
“Legalizing marijuana is about more than just allowing recreational use or the money that can be made from this new market, or even about the potential medicinal benefits,” Warren said via a prerecorded video. “It’s about undoing a century of racist policy that disproportionately targeted Black and Latino communities.”
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