Posted on 08/14/2023 1:59:22 AM PDT by Libloather
Minnesota is reportedly set to pay out “reparations” to communities that have been disproportionately affected by marijuana laws.
The “reparations,” as some are calling it, will be paid out as per a “CanRenew” grant program stuck into a new marijuana law that made the drug illegal to use, possess, and grow in the state starting as of August 1st.
“Starting in fiscal year 2026, the program will award $15 million a year to eligible organizations in communities that have high concentrations of people who were convicted for a marijuana offense or had family members who were convicted,” the Star Tribune reported Wednesday.
“Communities with large veteran populations, high poverty rates or that have been determined to have ‘experienced a disproportionately large amount of cannabis enforcement’ will also be eligible for the funding, according to the law,” the Minneapolis-based paper noted.
Even state Sen. Lindsey Port, the Democrat sponsor of the bill, has described it as “a form of reparation.”
“Direct harm has been done to communities by prohibition and by the state, and it is our responsibility to undo that harm. This is really our first major investment in doing that, and it should have the same kind of lasting effects that, unfortunately, the war on drugs has had on communities of color,” she told the Tribune.
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Things just get stupider and stupider.
They apparently have too much money from tax revenue.
“communities of color”
It’s time to paint your house pink, orange or purple, any color but white.
I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night.
I smoke two joints in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright.
I smoke two joints in time of peace, and two in time of war.
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints, and then I smoke two more.
They did this in GnuYak but the plan is being challenged for being discriminatory!
Minnesota is reportedly set to pay out “reparations” to communities that have been disproportionately affected by marijuana laws.
One has to feel genuinely sorry for Republican voters in Minnesota. As for the Democrats that vote for this nonsense, I hope their taxes get tripled to pay for this stupidity.
But, I’m wondering if this program will be run through some public/private partnership or non-profit, for very large fees, that has some type of relationship with a member of the state legislature or Governor’s office.
Sounds like somebody needs a vehicle for money laundering.
“law that made the drug illegal to use, possess, and grow in the state starting as of August 1st”
Dear Biz Pac Review editor: You’re fired.
Words have meaning, you had one job!
Illegal/ Legal
And Deep State likes it that way.
The stoned and stupid are far easier to rule.
Very true.
Ain’t that the truth.
what kind of crack is that to make about a resident’s son...heh heh
Come on! Is this a Babylon Bee Article?
The communities being reparated are too stupid to realize what an insult to them this is.
They have failed to assimilate into the greatest culture in history.
Cotton turns out to be more dangerous than cannabis.
Thanks for wasting taxpayers’ money.
At least he seems jovial…
I think we should give out a gallon of purple drank to non white people every week for as long as necessary.
Great song.
My kids hated it when I boomed it around the house.
We’ll they can keep their darn crab grass🤣🤣
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