The petition already has more than 22,000 signatures.
Ben & Jerry’s is celebrating April 20 by spreading awareness of the growing marijuana industry in the U.S. and how it has affected minorites as more states continue to legalize cannabis, which remains, at the federal level, a highly illegal Schedule 1 drug.
“Sorry to bring you down, but that’s the harsh reality," continued the statement. "If you love pot AND you’re white, everything is totally awesome these days. In 2017, 81% of cannabis executives were white. Meanwhile, even in states where pot is legal, and even though Black people and white people use pot at similar rates, Black people are still arrested way more often than whites. We love 4/20 and we love legalization, but that’s not OK.
The ice cream company received an outpouring of support on social media for taking such a strong stance against racial disparities within the budding marijuana industry, and more than 22,00 people had already signed the petition by late Saturday afternoon, calling on state leaders to overturn convictions and swipe records clean for minorities charged with simple possession.
Despite the increased favor of pot, racial disparities regarding marijuana possession within the criminal justice system haven’t necessarily changed. A Drug Policy Alliance report found marijuana arrests, in general, were down in states with recreational marijuana laws. However, when factoring in race, black people were still more likely to be arrested than whites.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced plans to expunge low-level marijuana crimes from the records of more than 10,000 people in December 2018, while more than 8,100 marijuana convictions were dismissed in San Francisco in February. Meanwhile, prosecutors in Los Angeles announced plans to dismiss or reduce nearly 54,000 marijuana-related convictions in April.
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