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Message: From GoLocalProv by GoLocalProv News Team: According to a report released today by the ACLU, black people in Rhode Island were arrested for marijuana possession at 2.6 times the rate of white people in 2010, and were seven times more likely to be arrested for this offense in the counties with the smallest minority populations. The report also shows that racially disparate arrest rates for marijuana possession have exited in Rhode Island throughout the ten-year period studied (2001-2010). These major disparities exist even though national studies show that blacks and whites use marijuana at roughly similar rates. http://www.golocalprov.comhttp://beta.golocalprov.com/new-arrest-rates-racially-disparate-toward-blacks-aclu-says