Intelligence of citizenry reflected in government

From American Mind 

“In 2018 (following a popular referendum legalizing marijuana), Massachusetts’s newly established Cannabis Control Commission adopted a ‘social equity program’ in the name of compensating individuals and communities that had been ‘disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs.’ Under the program, state authorities prioritize giving ‘professional training, technical services, mentoring,’ and ‘access to capital’ to individuals who had previously been convicted of drug crimes (most of whom will have been found guilty of selling drugs considerably more harmful than marijuana), are married to or the offspring of such persons, or inhabit an area where the War on Drugs (not drugs themselves!) had ‘disproportionate impact.’”

https://americanmind.org/salvo/a-little-more-poison/

Link at Knuckledraggin.

The government declares a war on drugs, and by extension on those who manufacture, sell and/or use the drugs. But some segments of society are disproportionally affected, that is, jobs making and selling drugs are eliminated. (We could only wish.) Therefore, the government must provide training, money and jobs to those communities. Teach them how to buy and run pot shops. To be cynical, losing worked for Germany and Japan. Maybe the War on Drugs needs a Marshall Plan for urban areas/inner cities/ghettoes.