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Cannabis

lordsummerisle

(4,652 posts) Fri Mar 2, 2018, 06:55 PM Mar 2018

Harry Anslinger conflated drug use, race, and music to criminalize non-whiteness and create a prison-industrial complex.

https://timeline.com/harry-anslinger-racist-war-on-drugs-prison-industrial-complex-fb5cbc281189

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How a racist hate-monger masterminded Americas War on Drugs (Original Post) lordsummerisle Mar 2018 OP

Read "Chasing the Scream" mountain grammy Mar 2018 #1

I just finished it lordsummerisle Mar 2018 #2

If theres a hell I hope GWC58 Mar 2018 #3

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1. Read "Chasing the Scream"

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 08:47 PM

Mar 2018

Excellent documentation of Anslinger and the war on drugs. It's always been racist.

(4,652 posts)

2. I just finished it

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 11:01 PM

Mar 2018

which is what motivated me to post this. Highly recommended read...

(2,678 posts)

3. If theres a hell I hope

Sat Mar 3, 2018, 02:09 PM

Mar 2018

Anslinger’s there “Dancin with the Devil.” He was a racist, xenophobic pile of turds!