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Amy-Strange

(854 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 08:29 PM Jun 2020

Criminalization that never should have been: Cannabis [View all]

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Criminalization that never should have been: Cannabis

Across the country, debates are taking place in living rooms, on television screens, and behind closed doors in Congress as to how to address the systemically disproportionate levels of police violence against black Americans. For some, these conversations have been happening for years, yet many other Americans are just now beginning to critically think about these issues for the first time.

As the House debates ways to reform policing in the United States, it's critical that we not only analyze the structures under which law enforcement operates, but also the extraordinary powers that they have been granted - powers that often provide them with the ability to interact with citizens whenever and wherever they please.

One common pretext provided by police for these citizen interactions is that they suspect that someone has either used or is in possession of marijuana. That is why Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) has suggested the need to amend federal anti-marijuana laws during the recent hearing on policing practices.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/criminalization-that-never-should-have-been-cannabis/ar-BB15puWc?ocid=msedgdhp
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Nope. Definitely not. Aristus Jun 2020 #1
Let me join ya... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #2
I took some tincture around 6pm. Aristus Jun 2020 #3
Sounds like a plan n/t Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #4
I wonder who else is going to show up... Aristus Jun 2020 #5
Show up for what? Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #6
The join-in. Aristus Jun 2020 #7
Hopefully (if it happens), the DU site can keep up. Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #8
Enjoy!... Aristus Jun 2020 #9
Here's to ya! n/t Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #23
I forgot to put on clothes before going out once... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #10
Nope. Never happened. Aristus Jun 2020 #24
Ah yes! I remember those days fondly... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #26
This is why I normally get plowed all alone. Aristus Jun 2020 #28
Good idea. No witnesses, unless... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #29
Yeah, I drunk-post all the time. Aristus Jun 2020 #30
When Netscape first started getting everybody on line... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #32
No wonder. Netscape was the Wild West. Aristus Jun 2020 #33
Everything on the internet was true back then... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #34
Oh NO! We're...we're...we're becoming cyberhipsters! Aristus Jun 2020 #35
Top Ten reasons why Trump should smoke pot... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #11
NUMBER 10... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #12
NUMBER 9... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #13
NUMBER 8 Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #14
NUMBER 7... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #15
NUMBER SIX... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #17
NUMBER FIVE... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #18
NUMBER FOUR... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #19
NUMBER THREE... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #20
NUMBER TWO Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #21
And the NUMBER ONE reason is... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #22
There are people lining up for the job of being his dealer right now. Aristus Jun 2020 #25
He might not want to come out of the bunker... Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #27
If they lock the bunker with him in it, then plow the whole thing under, Aristus Jun 2020 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author Amy-Strange Jun 2020 #16
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