The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?
The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?
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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So when do we start talking about all the reparations the US owes for the millions of lives it destroyed with it's decades-long "War On Drugs" terrorism campaign?
When poor people stop fighting each other and start fighting the people who put them there.
You mean themselves too?
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.