Sean Worsley • PHOTO: Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
In Alabama, a Black disabled vet was sentenced to five years for cannabis that he uses medicinally in a legal state. A medical marijuana bill in the state seemed likely to pass this year, but was aborted when the legislature was shut down by the COVID-19 crisis.
Bill Weinberg | CANNABIS NOW
For those who recall Alabama’s status during the Civil Rights era, there is a disturbing sense of a historical cycle coming around again. With the country suddenly focused on a long-overdue reckoning with racial justice, a particularly egregious case from the Deep South state has made national headlines, and cannabis is at the heart of it.
