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duhneece

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4. Unfortunately, the US has profitable industries & agencies opposed

Reply to pokerfan (Original post)

Thu May 24, 2012, 05:12 PM

May 2012

The pharmaceutical, alcohol, tobacco, prisons/private & all support, district attorneys & law enforcement who get funding for fighting the war on drugs.

But this is the issue that gets much/most of my activism these days.

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ACLU: Treating Addiction as a Disease, not a Crime [View all] pokerfan May 2012 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2012 #1

Of course the real problem pokerfan May 2012 #2

That's understandable after a century+ of corporate/state sponsored Uncle Joe May 2012 #3

You have stated this so well. I was ranting about brainwashing media elsewhere but you got it. freshwest May 2012 #6

Unfortunately, the US has profitable industries & agencies opposed duhneece May 2012 #4

If decriminalization works well for Portugal, why not here? meow2u3 May 2012 #5

It works there because they don't have the abusive media voices we have here. n/t freshwest May 2012 #7

I'm all for decriminalization, help for addicts, etc. Where just this piece loses me is in the URL TlalocW May 2012 #8

suggesting that we treat addiction as a disease pokerfan May 2012 #9

Disease EFerrari May 2012 #14

k&r n/t RainDog May 2012 #10

Alec private prison industry has spent the last 20 years in Wisconsin with people like Walker to midnight May 2012 #11

"A choice" should be added to the list cthulu2016 May 2012 #12

This is the reason why the United States is #1 at putting people in prison. sarcasmo May 2012 #13

Good read... Spazito May 2012 #15