{"id":202330,"date":"2020-01-08T19:15:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T00:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irpp-policy-options.local\/issues\/cannabis-and-criminalization-of-black-canadians\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T04:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T08:50:40","slug":"cannabis-and-criminalization-of-black-canadians","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/2020\/01\/cannabis-and-criminalization-of-black-canadians\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis and criminalization of Black Canadians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The legalization of cannabis and the pardon system for simple possession charges should have decreased the criminalization surrounding the drug. Yet advocates say the impact of legalization won\u2019t be equal: Black and Indigenous people, already disproportionately targeted by police, will likely bear the brunt of the new cannabis regulations. Meanwhile, they\u2019re facing some of the biggest barriers to obtain a pardon and enter into the legal cannabis market.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s podcast delves into the links between cannabis and the larger criminalization of Black Canadians. We\u2019re joined by Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, and the director of research for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cannabisamnesty.ca\/\">Campaign for Cannabis Amnesty<\/a>; and El Jones, a Halifax-based poet, educator, journalist and activist.<\/p>\n<p>Download for free. New episodes every second Wednesday. Tweet your questions and comments to @IRPP or @jbugiel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This article is part of the\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/magazines\/november-2019\/naissance-dune-industrie-lan-1-de-la-legalisation-du-cannabis\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Making of a Cannabis Industry: Year One<\/b><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong>special feature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-caption\">Photo:\u00a0Shutterstock by\u00a0mikeledray<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Do you have something to say about the article you just read? 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