Start SMART in the News
- New York Times: Smoking Marijuana While Black
- The Daily Beast: The Racist Pot Prosecutions That Even Prosecutors Acknowledge Are Ridiculous
- WNYC: Marijuana Arrests Decline in the City, But Racial Disparities Remain High
- WNBC: Blacks and Latinos Make Up Vast Majority of Marijuana Arrests, Advocates Say
- New York Daily News: Cops cuffed 60,000 people for pot possession in de Blasio’s first three years as mayor
- VICE: Pot Bias--NYPD is still singling out blacks and hispanics for weed arrests
- NY1: Study: Black and Latino New Yorkers still disproportionately arrested for marijuana possession
- The Root: Jim Crow Laws Alive and Well in de Blasio’s NYC: Black and Brown People Still Targeted, Arrested at Higher Rates Than Whites, Report Finds
- Truthout: Racial Inequality of Marijuana Arrests Persist in NYC Under de Blasio
- Mass Appeal: Most of Us Blaze, but the NYPD Usually Arrests People of Color for It
- Albany Times Union: Take next SMART step to ending marijuana prohibition
- Associated Press: Push for legal recreational marijuana in NY renewed by lawmakers, community advocates
- Gannett News: Legalizing marijuana in NY tried again
- Albany Times Union: Advocates make final push for marijuana legalization
- Leafly: New York Lawmakers to Renew Push for Cannabis Legalization
- MerryJane: Will New York Legalize Recreational Marijuana in 2017?
- Forbes: While Others Sipped Juleps, Cannabis Marchers Sparked Up For Change In Cities Around The World
- TalkRadioNYC: Start SMART New York with Chris Alexander
Resources for Reporters
- Press Release July 11, 2017: Tale of Two New Yorks Endures under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrests
- Report: Unjust and Unconstitutional: 60,000 Jim Crow Marijuana Arrests in Mayor de Blasio's New York
- Press Release June 12, 2017: New York State Legislators Renew Push for Marijuana Legalization
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