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A comment on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana. Parent comment

Re:Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of M... by tptacek on Saturday October 08, 2022 @01:22AM (#33129981)
The cited "evidence" is John Erlichman stating directly that Nixon ratcheted up enforcement of drug laws to target Black people. Why did you scare-quote that?

Did you take a second to search AskHistorians about this issue? There's a bunch more stuff like this, not just in the 1970s.

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