Marijuana and Jail Time
A total of 2.3 million and counting of Americans are behind bars for the possession of marijuana. This is known to be the largest prison population in the world. Many of those people are there for nonviolent drug crimes but just for the possession of weed, even in states that had legalized it or already decriminalized it. Including a man named Ferrel Scott, who received a life sentence. Scott and many of other people of color have been living behind bars, while businessmen like Kevin Murphy , the CEO of a marijuana company, get rich. His company, Acreage Holdings, reported to make $12.9 million in revenue. Most legal pot industries are run by mostly white men and pharmacies. They are expected to take in at least $45 billion in revenue in 2024 from all sales. But it was not till recently Senator Corey Booker introduced a bill that freed thousands of inmates incarcerated for drug use and possession. But not everyone. For the longest people were abandon behind bars for the same reas