Admiral Patrick to

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The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?

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The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?

Admiral Patrick to

[email protected]English • 2 months ago

Argument for legalizing the adult use of cannabis was to stop the harm caused by disproportionate enforcement of drug laws in Black, Latino and other minority communities.

Argument for legalizing the adult use of cannabis was to stop the harm caused by disproportionate enforcement of drug laws in Black, Latino and other minority communities.

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  Yeah I love weed and would honestly rather it’s mandatory than restricted but drug prohibition was popular in its day.
  
  A lot of people here seem to think that if you kill a few politicians everyone will agree on leftwing principles and unite as one - that’s very much not what will happen.

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