One of the reasons why in the 1920s the scheduling of cannabis was requested in South Africa was because the country objected to the trade between black, brown and white people.
Illinois' state legislature is the first to propose and vote the legalization of marijuana, but also the first to include a comprehensive reparations strategy. This strategy, called "Restore, Reinvest, and Renew", or "R3", will put 25 percent of all tax revenues of cannabis back into the hands of the communities most affected by the War on Drugs.
A panel of experts has urged the French government to end the ban on cannabis for recreational use, and called the 50 years-old prohibition strategy a 'failure'.