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Bernie Sanders

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Oixi1993

(81 posts)
Sun May 1, 2016, 10:22 AM May 2016

Still unplugging [View all]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_culture_high/

Just watched this powerful documentary. As I have posted many times now I am an ex republican who enthusiastic about supporting Senator Sanders. I keep finding powerful reasons to embrace the progressive cause. He is the only candidate addressing this head on. I am not sure my link went through. The documentary is The Culture High.

We put more people in prison than any other country.
Whites and blacks use pot on a per capita equal basis. Blacks are far more likely to be arrested and incarcerated.
There is a profit motive to fight the "war on drugs" by confiscating property.
The drug companies who own politicians (especially conservative politicians) fight legalization because pot would eliminate the need of many of these drugs.
Prisons are overfilled.


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