From WSJopinion: New York’s clumsy effort to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the name of social justice has turned into a farce, writes jasonrileywsj
Like his counterparts in Chicago and Philadelphia, progressive Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has taken a lax attitude toward prosecuting violent repeat offenders, even as the city’s crime rate has risen. Yet now he says his office can’t abide unlawful pot shops. Last week, Mr. Bragg announced a new partnership with local law enforcement and elected officials to crack down on the illegal businesses. “It’s time for the operation of unlicensed cannabis dispensaries to end,” Mr.
The reality is that even if New York manages to produce enough licenses to meet demand, the black market isn’t going away anytime soon. California approved a ballot initiative legalizing the sale of marijuana for recreational use in 2016, but high taxes and regulations have made it impossible for the legal pot market to compete with the illegal market.
Nor does the experience of other states bode well for New York’s social-justice agenda. Colorado and Washington state voted to make weed legal in 2012. Marijuana-related arrests fell in both states overall as expected, but racial disparities didn’t go away. “Although arrest rates declined for all races and ethnicities,” reads a report from Colorado’s Department of Public Safety, “the marijuana arrest rate for Blacks was more than double that of Whites in 2019.
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