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Re:LAPD Surveilled Gaza Protests Using This Social Media Tool by coolspot on Monday March 17, 2025 @06:37PM (#43393454)
> people reported using cannabis at the same rate when surveyed. However, many, many more black people ended up in prison for it.

As I understand it, people went to prison mostly for selling or possessing amounts that are implying selling. Which might explain the difference. Would you go to prison for possessing a single joint back then?

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Re:LAPD Surveilled Gaza Protests Using This Social Media Tool by alasdair_ on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @12:43PM (#43401524)
>Would you go to prison for possessing a single joint back then?

Yes, Harvard Professor Timothy Leary was sentenced to 30 years in prison (!) for having a single partially-smoked joint in his car.

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Re:LAPD Surveilled Gaza Protests Using This Social Media Tool by bakuninsbart on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @05:48AM (#43409921)
It might. But racism is a major more obvious and plausible explanation.
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