82% say prohibition doesn't work:
http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/ar ... Drugs.html
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Some politician will figure out there is a market for ending Prohibition and will sweep up those votes. It happened in 1932.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... s/2727605/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... s/2727605/
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Rand Paul Decries Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Likens War On Drugs To Jim Crow
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/1 ... 49415.html
At a packed public hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) compared the war on drugs to the racist policies of the Jim Crow era.
"If I told you that one out of three African-American males is forbidden by law from voting, you might think I was talking about Jim Crow 50 years ago," Paul said. "Yet today, a third of African-American males are still prevented from voting because of the war on drugs."
"The majority of illegal drug users and dealers nationwide are white," he said, "but three-fourths of all people in prison for drug offenses are African American or Latino."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/1 ... 49415.html
At a packed public hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) compared the war on drugs to the racist policies of the Jim Crow era.
"If I told you that one out of three African-American males is forbidden by law from voting, you might think I was talking about Jim Crow 50 years ago," Paul said. "Yet today, a third of African-American males are still prevented from voting because of the war on drugs."
"The majority of illegal drug users and dealers nationwide are white," he said, "but three-fourths of all people in prison for drug offenses are African American or Latino."
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Just finished the Ken Burns show on Prohibition. Very interesting, and many parallels to stuff today. Although I think some of the parallels were made on purpose.