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The war on drugs is a racist policy.

• vonseel 7y ago
  Maybe a relic policy of racist era is more appropriate. I would think today’s lawmakers are more likely to oppose mj because they see it as something lazy hippies and stoner kids do rather than a tool to oppress minorities.
  • deleted 7y ago
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  • chillwaves 7y ago
    The War on Drugs is a racist policy. You can ignore the reality of it, but the facts speak for themselves. https://www.nyclu.org/en/press-releases/analysis-finds-racial-disparities-ineffectiveness-nypd-stop-and-frisk-program-links https://www.nyclu.org/en/press-releases/analysis-finds-racia...
    • burner831234 7y ago
      +1 and if you need a pop culture version to explain it to you check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlqsdezhhk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlqsdezhhk (adam ruins everything) complete with references
    • vonseel 7y ago
      So a relic racist policy of a different era? These laws were written 40 years ago, right?
      • chillwaves 7y ago
        > The New York Civil Liberties Union today released an analysis of the NYPD’s 2012 stop-and-frisk data showing that the stop-and-frisk program’s stark racial disparities and ineffectiveness in recovering illegal guns continued last year despite a decline in the overall number of stops. This study was an analysis of data from 2012.
  • DonHopkins 7y ago
    Right now is a racist era.