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The roots of a racial reckoning through the lens of cannabisFrom the start, the War on Drugs targeted Black, Brown, and Indigenous Americans already disadvantaged by a system stacked against them Even now, as white Americans who largely escaped the fire capitalize on the legalization movement and a booming cannabis industry, their less fortunate peers continue to suffer the consequences of the systemic racism in policing and failed drug policy that fueled the original crisis In Waiting to Inhale, Akwasi OwusuBempah and Tahira Rehmatullah issue a powerful call for a racial reckoning and provide a roadmap to redress this deep and abiding injusticeWaiting to Inhale illuminates the stories of those on the front lines of the War on Drugs8212 the individuals and communities disproportionately harmed, sometimes seemingly beyond repairthe official and social forces ranged against themand the victims, legal and political activists, and cannabis entrepreneurs who are fighting back As attitudes

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