By Tony Owusu Changing attitudes towards cannabis pave way for more leniency towards low-level offenders. Social equity has been part of the rallying cry for the end of the prohibition of weed. Studies have shown that members of minority communities face disproportionately higher rates of arrest for simple possession of marijuana than whites. The Federal government has yet to legalize the drug nationwide, although many states have. Other states have decriminalized possession of small amounts of the drug. The White House has been tepid in its support of legalization, despite the Democratic part…