Joining #CAPIdeas this morning. My staff will be live-tweeting & you can watch live:https://www.americanprogress.org/events/2017/03/01/427110/the-2017-ideas-conference/ …
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Drug addiction is color blind. It doesn’t see red or blue.
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We need a national drug policy that finally treats substance abuse not as a crime to be punished, but as a disease to be treated.
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We need to build on reforms, instead of reviving mandatory minimums and boosting bottom lines for private prisons.
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We need to fund, not defund, the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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We need to make this administration understand that if they care about the opioid crisis in rural America, as they say they do...
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...they’ve also got to care about drug-addicted young man in Chicago or East LA.
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While I don’t believe in legalizing all drugs, we need to do the smart thing, the right thing, and finally decriminalize marijuana.
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This is the time to fight not a "War on Drugs" but a war on drug addiction.
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and the problem here is?
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Yes he does its like spanking a child for not listening. Eventually they will learn to listen or they have a sore butt. In this case jail
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@SenKamalaHarris Doesn't that mean people might now think harder before making bad decisions?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Our prisons are overcrowded and tougher drug sentences will just worsen the problem. Pretty sure there are better options
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Sessions is 1. Filling the prisons for his prison4profit pals 2. Voter suppression. In many states convicted felons don't get voting rights
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So, who pays this guy's bills, booze companies?
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from the man set to gain huge profits from private prisons
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Does he own shares in private prisons or something? What an absolute shambles of an AG he is.
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for perjury? I agree with that
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NOTHING that can be DONE with MARIJUANA is as damaging/egregious/UNAMERICAN as a racist AG who lied to Congress!
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