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AOC Supports Trump’s Marijuana Rescheduling Move, Even If It ‘Doesn’t Quite Make All The Wrongs Right’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fears President Trump reschduling only medical cannabis and not recreational marijuana does nothing to address the damage of the “war on drugs”
Dem on Dem Marijuana Banking Battle: Racial Justice vs. Big Banks
Dem on Dem Marijuana Banking Battle: Racial Justice vs. Big Banks — House Democrats passed a marijuana banking measure for the fifth time this week, but its chances are dim in the Senate thanks to progressive Democrats who say no handout to Wall Street until Congress addresses the racial injustices foundational to the War on Drugs.
Forget “Defund the Police” — Two Dems say “Defund War on Drugs”
Forget “Defund the Police” — Two Dems say “Defund War on Drugs” Reps. Cori Bush and Bonnie Watson Coleman say after 50 years of a failed ‘war on drugs,’ it’s time to flip the script on police and remove the very policy that’s enabled the unequal enforcement of American justice.
AOC Upset Sens. Cornyn & Cruz Open to Rick Perry’s Call for Shroom Research, Not Hers
AOC Upset Sens. Cornyn & Cruz Open to Rick Perry’s Call for Shroom Research, Not Hers
Presidential Debate Reveals the Stigma Around Addiction in US
The worst part was that the nearly half a million lives lost to the opioid epidemic over the past two decades were only brought into the debate as dueling punchlines. So too were the millions of Americans still struggling with addiction to opioids – a bipartisan, government subsidized killer.