Activists take to the streets to call for marijuana legalization in New Jersey
Marijuana Industry NewsNew JerseyRecreational Marijuana July 18, 2020 MJ Shareholders 0
Breonna Taylor was a 36-year-old Black emergency medical worker who was killed in March while police in Louisville, Kentucky carried out a no-knock warrant as part of a narcotics investigation.
“Breonna Taylor died as a result of the war on drugs,” said Josh Alb as he shouted to demonstrators on the steps of Newark City Hall on Friday. “The police went into her house for a no-knock warrant for drugs that were never there. This is one of the biggest pieces missing from the conversation surrounding her.”
The war on drugs was a narcotics prohibition campaign that was created under former President Richard Nixon in the 1970s. Alb said the policy is still being used today to harm Black people like Taylor.
Alb, a William Paterson University student who lives in Newark and works in the cannabis industry, led about 30 demonstrators down Broad Street on Wednesday while shouting her name. They called for the legalization of marijuana to begin to end the war on drugs.
Legalization could happen soon – at least in New Jersey. Voters will decide if it should become legal on Nov. 3. [Read more at NJ.com]
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