And that is exactly why parents should guard against their children reading it.Īrnold Spirit, Jr., lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Eastern Washington State. It won the National Book Award, received best-book-of-the-year awards from a dozen institutions and publications, and, according to one critic, “it took only one book to master the form.” This book has everything that it takes to become a popular and critically acclaimed YA novel in the current climate. What's next: The state Liquor and Cannabis Board will develop additional rules for awarding the social equity licenses, including deciding how soon to make the 52 new pot retail licenses available.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is the first young adult novel by Sherman Alexie. Of note: A 2012 analysis found that before cannabis was legalized, Black, Hispanic and Indigenous people in Washington were arrested for possessing the drug at higher rates than white residents. "Building pathways of opportunity and flexibility for people of color disproportionately harmed by the war on drugs is not only a moral imperative, but a crucial step towards a more just and equitable society," Saldaña said.Rebecca Saldaña (D-Seattle), the bill's sponsor, said in a news release Tuesday. Those metrics are aimed at awarding the licenses to people whose communities were especially affected by decades of criminalizing drug use, according to the law's text.īetween the lines: The new law should help diversify the state's pot industry, which is disproportionately white, state Sen.
Why it matters: The idea is to help people who have been underrepresented in the state's legal cannabis industry - including Black and Hispanic business owners - gain a foothold, more than 10 years after Washington voters approved the legalization of pot.ĭetails: The new licenses will only be available to businesses majority-owned by people who meet certain social equity criteria, such as having lived at least five years in an area with high poverty and high unemployment, or having been previously arrested or convicted of a cannabis offense. Those types of licenses haven't been made available to new applicants since 2013.
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