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by poolpool 4132 days ago
Racism
2 comments
dyeje 4132 days ago
It's a shame that this is being downvoted, as the prohibition of marijuana was in fact very racially motivated [1].

1. http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/c...

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CalRobert 4132 days ago
A discussion of the history of drug legislation and its intended target (Chinese immigrants in SF, for instance) would lend more weight to your comment.
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