We all know the legal marijuana industry is booming everywhere it's legal. Colorado's weed tax revenues alone are enough to make other cash-strapped states take notice.
That's why artist Molly Crabapple and Jay-Z teamed up to create Epic Fail, a four-minute animated film asking why a bunch of white investors are getting rich off of the same drugs that have put African-American and Latinx people in US jails in record numbers.
African-Americans comprise about 13 percent of the US population, yet are a full 31 percent of arrests for violations of drug laws. Facts continually show that usage and sale of drugs in African-American communities is on par with white communities. There are more than a few obvious flaws in the system.
Watch the whole video and learn more here:
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