Since 1970, when President Nixon listed cannabis as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, this plant has been at the epicenter of a vicious drug war.
In a new interview, Sen. Cory Booker underlined racial disparities in marijuana enforcement as just one example of the failings in America’s current justice system.
Legal cannabis dispensaries across the country have been targeted by violent looters, who have used protests against police brutality to their advantage.