Ben Cohen, one of the co-founders of Ben & Jerry's, has started Ben's Best Blnz, a nonprofit cannabis line with a stated mission of helping to right the wrongs of the war on drugs.
& Jerry's has gone from ice cream to ‘blunts,’ promising a line of marijuana products with a social mission.
“The War on Drugs has targeted lower income Black and Brown people thru over policing, discriminatory prosecution, and discriminatory sentencing,” the website states. “That’s why despite using pot at the same rate, Black people are 4 times more likely to be arrested than Whites.”
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