Virginia's “Marijuana Martyr” Is Now Smoking Legal Weed 48 Years After His Arrest

Merry Jane
Jul 15, 2021, 12:38 pm124 pts
This April, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill to legalize adult-use cannabis, and a man who earned the nickname of “marijuana martyr” after being sentenced to 40 years in jail for selling weed was there to see it happen. “Marijuana laws were explicitly designed to target communities of color, and…

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