🧵Immigrant justice, #BodilyAutonomy, & justice for people who use drugs are all deeply interwoven issues. Together, we must continue to fight for these interconnected human rights. https://t.co/Co8p0u5NAu
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As noted via Filter Magazine, "For decades, marijuana criminalization has created a multitude of harms—from saddling people with arrest and conviction records that make it harder to find a job and access benefits, to denying patients medical benefits. Black and Brown people have
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been disproportionately impacted by these harms due to targeted enforcement, and these communities experience higher arrest and incarceration rates, despite similar drug usage across racial groups. For immigrants, marijuana criminalization has created a direct path to...
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deportation. This exacerbates the renewed fear among immigrant communities in today’s political climate—and with reason. Among those deported in 2025 so far, over 600 individuals are known to have had marijuana-related charges as their most serious conviction—a number that’s...
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likely an undercount. Three-quarters of those convictions occurred at least five years ago." #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #HarmReductionIsHealthCare #HealthCareIsAHumanRight #WarOnDrugs #ImmigrantsAreWelcome #Marijuana #MarijuanaReform #EndTheWarOnDrugs #EndOverdose
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