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Re:How marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington is ... by jMyles on Sunday October 19, 2014 @04:49PM (#8479566)
Cannabis prohibition, starting right from the 1914 El Paso ordinance, unambiguously and often transparently targeted Mexicans.

You are talking about a much later stage, when the power dynamic was one of entrenched power.

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Re:How marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington is ... by dragontamer on Sunday October 19, 2014 @05:09PM (#8479628)
Hmm, I was thinking of more recent history than that. Well, fair enough.

I do think it is important to remember that the African American community was pretty happy with the inception of the "War on Drugs" however.

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