Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast has written a new op-ed for The Independent, about legalizing marijuana and white privilege. In December, The House of Representatives passed a bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level for the first time, and Bethany points out that "With President Joe Biden now in office and a Democratic Senate majority, there is the potential for a real shift in the legalization and decriminalization of cannabis."
"Biden was largely supportive of the the war on drugs in the 80s and 90s," she continues, "but has since changed his stance on cannabis. During his 2020 campaign, he even said that he would reschedule cannabis as a Schedule II drug 'so researchers can study its positive and negative impacts.' And it’s clear that echoes public feeling about cannabis: a recent Gallup poll showed 68 percent of Americans support legalization, the highest ever figure since polling began."