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Drug Policy

SHRED

(28,136 posts) Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:05 PM Dec 2015

The Democratic Party and the war on weed [View all]

I know many in the cannabis world who are Libertarians because they view both parties as historically infringing on their personal choices and escalating the war on drugs.

I think this is a tragic situation for the Democratic Party.
I agree with Thom Hartmann who has advocated for years the the Democrats get out in front in the issue of legal cannabis.

We Democrats have lost many voters over this.

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The Democratic Party and the war on weed [View all] SHRED Dec 2015 OP

Illegal weed + 3 strikes laws = profit for the private prison system CrispyQ Dec 2015 #1

Legal cannabis here, supported by the Democratic Party of Oregon prior to the election and Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #2

We would all be better off if we also had the right to keep and bear the drugs of our choice. iscooterliberally Dec 2015 #3