For the Culture By The Culture. ISSN: 3064-9331.
Vault Series brings an unpublished October 2011 phone interview with Freeway Ricky Ross into the record, using the tape to examine the crack era, Gary Webb, federal punishment, prison literacy, and the street lie that sold easy money while hiding the years it would steal. Ross is not absolved or buried.
Cannabis use rates are similar across races, but arrests are not. Black Americans are still arrested for marijuana possession at several times the rate of white Americans, even as legalization spreads. This investigation breaks down the data, the role of possession-only enforcement, and why legalization without repair keeps old lines firmly in place.