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Racism was involved in some drug prohibition laws, certainly. But to steel man the comment you’re replying to, the article mainly points to circumstantial links
by janalsncm 2y ago
Racism was involved in some drug prohibition laws, certainly. But to steel man the comment you’re replying to, the article mainly points to circumstantial links rather than identifying a smoking gun. A quote about why cocaine was removed, for example, might have made it stronger. Or maybe ruling out other possibilities, like a spike in the import cost of coca leaves.
- jrflowers 2y agoThe excerpt linked in the first paragraph of the article (0) has a much more detailed analysis of this topic. 0 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26391000?mag=who-took-the-cocaine-out-of-coca-cola&seq=4 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26391000?mag=who-took-the-cocai...