"Although white and Black young adults use marijuana at approximately the same rate, a Black person is 3.7x more likely to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession than a white person."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Anthony Brown:
"The U.S. incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation (1.9M people). Drug use, in particular, is overcriminalized in America, with Black and Latino/x people comprising 57% (state and city jails/prisons) and 77% (federal prisons) of institutional populations."Read on Twitter
"Its beyond time to reverse the criminally discriminatory policies that have in the past and presently still are harming Black and brown communities."Read on Twitter"Read on Twitter
"This year, I secured $3 Million to go towards the construction of a new teen center for vulnerable youth in Anne Arundel County.This facility will provide local youth with a safe place to socialize with peers, study, and develop productive relationships with the community." on April 19Read on Twitter
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