Throw_Away_5473

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   by Throw_Away_5473 7y ago

   The original intention is irrelevant for today. If a good law was originally passed for racist reasons that is no reason to abolish it. (Not saying that drug prohibition is good.) > Today, those policies still affect blacks and Mexicans
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   by Throw_Away_5473 7y ago

   How does that make those who believe it nowadays racist?
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   by Throw_Away_5473 7y ago

   Prohibition was somewhat successful. If it has lasted longer it would probably have become even more effective, since culture could change. > Second, alcohol consumption declined dramatically during Prohibition. Cirrhosis death rates for
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   by Throw_Away_5473 7y ago

   Is marijuana even particularly strongly associated with Blacks or Latinos?
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   by Throw_Away_5473 7y ago

   > Yea I am amazed this quote continually keeps coming up. People on the Internet are extremely pro-drug. People like to believe things that confirm their priors, and since nearly no one on the Internet is against marijuana legalization,