Black Virginians still more likely to get pot arrest

A year after Virginia lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana with hopes of lessening racial disparities in enforcement, police in the state are still more likely to arrest Black people than white people for marijuana-related offenses, a Washington Post analysis found.

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