A black U. Colorado regent has criticized a campaign by the university’s School of Public Health as “racist” due to its choice of imagery and “incomplete science.”
Wanda James, “the first Black woman elected to the board in over 44 years” and first African-American to own a cannabis company (along with her husband), noted she’s “push[ed] for years to include more inclusive images” regarding marijuana, but in this case CU used the “most negative connotations,” Westword reports.
The pictures “show a Black fetus, child and teenager all dealing with the impact of having a pregnant mother who consumed marijuana,” according to the report.
They also note marijuana effects include “impaired mental development,” “lower scores in verbal reasoning and memory,” and “challenges with impulse control, reading and behavior.”