Jay Z and UFW Support California’s Prop. 64

Cannabis legalization has garnered support from some worthy supporters. Both Jay Z and the United Farm Workers (UFW) just endorsed Prop 64, which will legalize recreational cannabis for adults ages 21 and over in California.

According to a release from Marijuana Policy Project of California, UFW President Arturo S. Rodriguez is siding with recreational cannabis, because of the way Prohibition has largely targeted minority communities. “Proposition 64 will bring legal justice and job training to communities of color that have been cynically targeted by the failed war on marijuana,” Rodriguez said. “It also extends strong workers and safety protections for those who toil in the fields of this industry and work in every part of the supply chain.”

Rapper, Jay Z, also weighed in against racist cannabis Prohibition and instead in favor of Prop 64. Jay Z was the narrator of a video by Drug Policy Action that shared the history behind the war on cannabis. “The war on drugs exploded the U.S. prison population disproportionately locking away blacks and Latinos. Our prison population group grew 900 percent. When the war on drugs began in 1971, our prison population was 200,000. Today it’s over two million. The war on drugs in an epic fail.” Blasting across the screen in a contrasting red, the video ends with the message, “We can stop the harm on November 8th; Vote yes on Proposition 64.”

Dr. Bronner’s recently supported cannabis legalization last month by donating $660,000 to cannabis campaigns across the nation. The company also cited their reasoning in part being due to racist cannabis Prohibition. The company’s release read, “The expected sweep of these states will exert enormous pressure on federal lawmakers to end the racist outdated policy of cannabis prohibition . . .”

The time is ticking down to the polls, and with support reported from various regions throughout California, it will be interesting to see if cannabis Prohibition in California will become a thing of the past.