Cannabis Social Equity Bill Introduced
HB 3112 Would Use Cannabis Tax Dollars to Repair Harm in Communities Due to Cannabis Criminalization
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Repairing the harm from decades of inequity from the War on Drugs is the goal of the Cannabis Social Equity Act introduced this week by a coalition of legislators in the Oregon State Legislature. HB 3112 is the culmination of months of work led by former State Rep. Akasha Lawrence Spencer including numerous cannabis companies, the NuLeaf Project, the Oregon Cannabis Association, the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association, the City of Portland, Urban League, and law students from Willamette University.
Repairing the harm from decades of inequity from the War on Drugs is the goal of the Cannabis Social Equity Act introduced this week by a coalition of legislators in the Oregon State Legislature. House Bill (HB) 3112 is the culmination of months of work led by former State Rep. Akasha Lawrence Spence including numerous cannabis companies, the NuLeaf Project, the Oregon Cannabis Association, the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association, the City of Portland, Urban League, and law students from Willamette University.
This groundbreaking legislation would have a significantly positive effect on the cannabis industry and Oregon’s most vulnerable communities.
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Jesce Horton was 18 when first arrested for carrying two grams of cannabis. A star engineering student who had grown up in the shadow of his father s own weed conviction, he had found that the drug unlocked his talent for maths.
That arrest was the first of three that would cost him his scholarship, force him to drop out for a time and block a promotion at his dream job.
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Jesce Horton was 18 years old when he was first arrested for carrying two grams of cannabis. A star engineering student who had grown up in the shadow of his father s own weed conviction, he had found that the drug unlocked his talent for maths.