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Cannabis

Jackie Wilson Said

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4. Nixon confidant/operative admitted the war against drugs was meant to target black folks

Reply to silverweb (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 11:42 AM

Mar 2016

http://trofire.com/2016/03/22/nixon-crony-admits-war-drugs-really-war-hippies-blacks/

Infuriating: Nixon Crony Admits War On Drugs Was Really War On Hippies & Blacks

A quote given by key Nixon policy adviser John Ehrlichman in 1994 pertaining to Nixon’s war on drugs has just been released, and with it comes clear proof that the war on drugs was a complete at total farce.

Something many of us have known for a long time, the war continues.

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Black People Twice As Likely to be Arrested For Pot In Colorado And Washington — Where It’s Legal [View all] eridani Mar 2016 OP

How? silverweb Mar 2016 #1

It's illegal to smoke in public. Also unliceinset street dealers are much more likely-- eridani Mar 2016 #2

Oh, I didn't realize that. silverweb Mar 2016 #3

Nixon confidant/operative admitted the war against drugs was meant to target black folks Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #4

Yes, I've seen this. silverweb Mar 2016 #5