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Loaded on Nov. 15, 2023 by Paul Wright published in Prison Legal News November, 2023, page 8
Filed under: Editorials. Location: United States of America.

By Paul Wright

For almost a century the United States has waged its war on poor drug users, illegalizing alcohol, marijuana, opiates, cocaine, stimulants, hallucinogenic and other consciousness altering substances. I have never called this long running “war on drugs” either a failure or debacle. Its proponents have never bothered ...

 

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