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.

  • masquenox@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    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?

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          7 months ago

          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.