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At the discretion of both law enforcement officers and prosecutors.

Do you have evidence that cannabis laws were enforced disproportionately?

sure, let me spend my Saturday going on Google for you, to find the overwhelming evidence that has been gathered for the past several decades, which you somehow missed.

or claim to have missed.

We know that the US police are more likely to shoot white people than black people based on the FBI data, so it’s not unreasonable to think this may also be an urban legend

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK425763/ with 10% v.s. 8% use, 4x arrest rate for black folks: https://norml.org/marijuana/fact-sheets/racial-disparity-in-...

It would be interesting to see if there were other offences being committed or where possession was the sole offence.

"Application" depends purely on enforcement and the discretion of (a) the arresting officer, and then (b) the justice system further down the line.

You can't deny that the WoD and cannabis prosecutions in particular have disproportionately targeted African Americans and other minorities.

They are not enforced the same way to all, though.