Los Angeles Times

April 1, 2019

Prosecutors said decades of drug enforcement disproportionately targeted minorities. Studies have shown that people of color are more likely to be arrested and punished in connection with marijuana offenses, even though whites, blacks and Latinos use and sell marijuana at similar rates. The result, critics say, is a cycle of poverty and incarceration that has kept many minorities from getting jobs, going to school or finding housing.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-la-county-marijuana-convictions-20190401-story.html