Sources: The Sentencing Project and the Federal Bureau of Prisons Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoners Series.
What does this mean? The black market still thrives with over 70% of sales being illegal.
Sources: NOVEMBER 3, 2021 Regulation and Taxes Are Stifling California’s Weed Industry By Jeffrey Miron and Pedro Braga Soare
Research Conducted by the National Coalition for Drug Legalization
The current study was conducted using data from Baltimore, Maryland, a city grappling with the intersecting crises of record-high overdose fatalities, racialized drug enforcement and violent crime.
It is our hope that this work encourages the use of frameworks and paradigms that shift the focus and implied responsibility for health and social crises from individuals to structures to inform impactful and sustainable policy change to improve public health and safety alike.