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Colorado Marijuana Arrests Down, but Arrest Rate Higher for Black People
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1:30Now PlayingEver since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, arrests relating to marijuana have gone down 68% between then and 2019.
However, the bad news is the racial disparity that exists. Black people are still twice as likely, compared to their white counterparts, to get arrested for using pot in the state. According to the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, police have arrested 76 white people per 100,000. When it came to Black people, police have arrested 160 per 100,000.
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