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Thu Jun 17 13:31:20 +0000 2021

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ACLU @ACLU

The war on drugs wasn't an unintended consequence of well-intentioned policy — it was and is a war on people. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 17, 2021 Hibernated

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As a direct consequence of the war on drugs, the US government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on foreign wars and domestic incarceration. Comparatively few resources have been used to address overdoses and substance dependency. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 17, 2021 Hibernated

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Nixon advisor John Erlichman said openly, "We couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or Black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and Blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities..." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 17, 2021 Hibernated

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