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It is clear the actual  intented purposes behind Richard Nixon's failed "War on Drugs", his most lasting legacy, was actually quite successful . Putting peop le of color behind bars . The "War on Drugs" lie is right up their with other racist legacies of America. Like slavery, Jim Crow laws,  the attempted genocide of our native poopuatiion, the imprisonment of Japaneese America during WW II, and more. Excerpt from Stoner The War on Drugs is finally experiencing a long-overdue counterattack from the states enacting plans for marijuana legalization. Recent data supports the assertion that both African Americans and Caucasians consume marijuana equally.  Despite this, there is a huge disparity between the number of minorities and white americans being penalized and incarcerated for cannabis use or possession. African Americans, Hipics, and Caucasians each make up about 30% of the population in Oakland, California, but over 95% of the arrests for marijuana involv

  WASHINGTON, D.C.  – The vast majority of Americans—83 percent—believe the  war on drugs  has been a spectacular failure leading only to increased drug-related harms and prison overcrowding, according to a new poll. The poll also revealed 66 percent of Americans support “ eliminating criminal penalties for drug possession  and reinvesting drug enforcement resources into treatment and addiction services.” In addition, 64 percent of Americans support repealing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes, and 61 percent support commuting or reducing the sentences of people incarcerated for drugs. The numbers—which are strikingly similar across all political persuasions—indicate Americans not only are ready for a new policy direction but also want to  address failed current policies retroactively . June 17 marked fifty years since  President Richard M. Nixon  declared drugs “public enemy number one,” sparking the infamous “war” that has cost taxpayers more than $1 trillion and incarcerate

  Harry Kelso is guilty of smoking weed. For which he received a 10 year sentence. A non violent activity that hurts no one got him ten years. Weall know why.  Yet when a president of the USA, donald j. trump, incites an armed insurection at the Capitol on 01/06/2021 he receives NOTHING .  We've got one F'ed up justice system in America. On to the article. Harry Kelso, of Virginia, spent nearly nine years in prison for marijuana-related offenses. He's pushing for restorative justice for others who were imprisoned for marijuana after the state legalized the drug for recreational use. ABC NEWS -  In 2001, Harry Kelso left his hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, for the big city of Richmond and the promise of an education at Virginia Union University. “I was gonna go to school and get my degree and get out and find a technology job and have a family. … I just had dreams … [of] just having a normal life,” he told “Nightline.” But Kelso, like many college students, smoked weed. He sa

  America's reason the the will of the voters are suppressed, ignored, and or rejected. Conservative Republicans and little if anything else is the reason . They simply hate democracy and the will of the people. Even when it is good for the people, the nation, and the overall health, serenity, and peace of the people. It ain't gonna get better or change any time soon. Unless the people vote the conservative republican authoritarians out of office. Which as we know would be a spectacularly good thing! On to the article. Forbes - . ..  Recent polling suggests more than two-thirds of Americans want adult-use cannabis legalized. And though polling isn’t the most reliable indicator of voter behavior, legal cannabis’s undefeated record at the ballot box last November is a strong signal that with weed, citizens’ choices in the voting booth reflect the desires voiced to opinion-takers. Elected officials and the courts are a different matter. In five states where voters have either pas

 

  Cannabis companies in the U.S. lack access to banking and other financial services because the drug is federally illegal. That could change through new legislation or thanks to broader legalization efforts backed by the Democratically-controlled Senate. Photo Illustration: Laura Kammermann