Now that recreational marijuana is legal in California, the city of Oakland has mandated that half of all marijuana business permits go to residents who are low income and have a cannabis conviction, or who live in a neighborhood in Oakland that’s been a major police target.
A new video from Al Jazeera’s all digital video news network AJ+ takes a look at the efforts underway in Oakland, CA to repair what the war on drugs destroyed through mass incarceration. Watch the video below:
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