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If you assume that the original intent was to find the most socially acceptable way to criminalize minorities and "social undesirables" (e.g. hippies) and go al
by pydry 4y ago
If you assume that the original intent was to find the most socially acceptable way to criminalize minorities and "social undesirables" (e.g. hippies) and go all in on it, it makes a lot more sense.
- zozbot234 4y agoYou might assume that, but it would be a questionable assumption. Opium was banned in China (where is was used by ordinary denizens of that country, not minorities) well before the West followed suit.
- standardUser 4y agoAssumptions aren't needed as there is a well-documented history of the US using drug laws to attack certain minority groups. That's not the end all, be all of drug laws (in my opinion) but it is an important part of the history of drug prohibition.