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RainDog

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6. Those that aren't killed often lose voting rights

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 4, 2013, 01:33 PM

Jun 2013

For doing the equivalent of drinking a glass of Pinot Grigio.

This is also another form of voter suppression.

It's no coincidence that the most conservative states in the nation use the law to deny voting rights via this scam on the American people.

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ACLU: Racism of the Drug War Verified [View all] RainDog Jun 2013 OP

Marijuana laws are... SCVDem Jun 2013 #1

How about The Drug war being waged on MM? Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #2

It's all part of the same game RainDog Jun 2013 #4

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #3

Racism is alive and well. How many people of color are murdered by police every week? Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #5

Those that aren't killed often lose voting rights RainDog Jun 2013 #6

Another article: ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #7

great link - thanks RainDog Jun 2013 #8

Yes I see it much the same way ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #9

Yes. RainDog Jun 2013 #17

The drug was is a cruel, expensive, train wreck of a joke. Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #10

One pot arrest every 42 sec in 2011 felix_numinous Jun 2013 #11

Racial distribution of arrests in top 25 cities felix_numinous Jun 2013 #12

more great links - thanks to you, too! RainDog Jun 2013 #14

Hi Raindog! felix_numinous Jun 2013 #15

Here's a link to the ACLU report RainDog Jun 2013 #13

kick Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #16