ACLU study: Pot arrests more likely for blacks

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

WASHINGTON -- Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the American Civil Liberties Union reports in a new study.

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