• Shiggles@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The war on drugs succeeded, because it was actually a war on black people. It was never meant to stop drug abuse.

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      1 year ago

      Don’t leave out hippies and hispanics. Cannabis is called ‘marijuana’ in the US because it stoked anti-hispanic racism. It was also a convenient way to attack liberals in general.

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      1 year ago

      I would like to congratulate drugs, for winning the War on Drugs.