A LEFTIST CASE AGAINST LEGALIZATION

In Crain’s New York Business, progressive filmmaker Jane Wells argues New York is better off for failing to pass its REC bill:

“No matter how we might have allocated tax revenue from marijuana, or incentivized people of color to become cannabusiness entrepreneurs—side issues which vexed legislators for months—legal cannabis in our state would have damaged the cause of social justice.

“The real social injustice of legalizing weed arises from how the explosive growth of the cannabis industry enables it to escape government regulation in states with legal weed, while rectifying the harms of the War on Drugs is relegated to the back burner.”