Ice cream company lobbies for marijuana legalization on 4/20

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Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream published their take on marijuana legalization and decriminalization Saturday, calling for policy overhaul and criminal justice reform.

In a website post, “Let’s Be Blunt About Justice,” the ice cream company highlighted racial disparities in drug arrests. While black people and white people use cannabis at similar rates, black people are arrested at disproportionately higher rates.

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