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By: Chuck Schumer

Date: Dec. 11, 2020

Issues: Marijuana

"The burden of marijuana enforcement doesn't fall equally:

A 2018 NYT report shows Latinos were arrested on low-level marijuana charges at 5x the rate of white people.

Thousands of Americans shouldn't have their record marred for something most don't believe should be a crime. https://twitter.com/UnivisionNews/status/1337490087785992193"

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