http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/09/16/legalizing-marijuana-a-civil-right/?test=latestnews

The march for equal rights often leads to the voting booth. But in California, the black community is divided over a ballot measure to legalize marijuana for adults.

The state NAACP argues allowing counties to tax and regulate cannabis will reduce arrests among minority youth, and advance civil rights. "If you look at the disproportionate number of arrests that happen in our community, the law is not being applied equitably across the board," says California NAACP President Alice Huffman. "We're targeted, which makes this a civil rights issue."

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