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Re:Canada legalises recreational cannabis use by doktrin on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:46AM (#17354101)
The US has unquestionably played an outsized role in shaping international drug policy over the last 100 years. I'm also pretty sure that the 'war on drugs' is a uniquely American phrase, and if it isn't it was certainly coined and popularised there.
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Re:Canada legalises recreational cannabis use by justaguyhere on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:51AM (#17355295)
"war on <<insert something here that isn't actual war>>" is uniquely American, examples include drugs, obesity, poverty etc. I've never heard this phrase used elsewhere. Why everything needs to be a "war", I don't understand
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