Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140120:15:34:00
Poor kids do and african-american kids and latino kids are more likely to be poor and less likely to have the resources and support to avoid unduly harsh penalties." do you think this raises that conversation? >> absolutely. african-americans are four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana usage, even though usage rates are the same across racial and ethnic lines, so there really is an ine kwity and that's a reason you see opinions change on this. as for the president's comment, he's in the company of over half of americans who said they have tried marijuana, including there's no party d...