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Drug Policy

CrispyQ

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1. Illegal weed + 3 strikes laws = profit for the private prison system

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:11 PM

Dec 2015

It's disgusting, really. That the democratic party supports the making of profit by locking up citizens on specious charges like possession of weed or jaywalking or stealing a candy bar.

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The Democratic Party and the war on weed [View all] SHRED Dec 2015 OP

Illegal weed + 3 strikes laws = profit for the private prison system CrispyQ Dec 2015 #1

Legal cannabis here, supported by the Democratic Party of Oregon prior to the election and Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #2

We would all be better off if we also had the right to keep and bear the drugs of our choice. iscooterliberally Dec 2015 #3