This is your friendly reminder of the massive racial bias of policing in the “War on Drugs.” The numbers don’t liepic.twitter.com/f9cKkKDAlG
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I have a rule where I don’t read things about hip white people smoking weed and doing yoga in Vogue while hundreds of thousands of Black Americans sit behind bars for nonviolent crimes involving weedhttps://twitter.com/voguerunway/status/939048317882978304 …
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There’s no justice in legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana if you don’t deliver that justice to the people still imprisoned for the very thing you’ve decided is no longer a crime
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They need to be treated not imprisoned
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Treated for what?
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You know, weed addiction.
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Is there really such a thing.. I can see alcohol, but weed.. Treated for sleeping too much? Eating too much? Having a revelation? I don't see it.. Its grass. Grass.. A plant..
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I hope the irony wasn't lost here. It's not a thing. Smoke up, relax, we'll all be fine.
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This is how I feel listening to
@JAMAPsych editors discuss the public health risks of marijuana. Population risks of induced psychosis are real, but existing recreational shows no
in rates of use or in turn risk. They do however feature dramatic 
racialized jailing. -
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@TheLancetPsych to cover
#PrisonIndustrialComplex and its dramatically more damaging impact. Can we also extend same new empathy for opiates to all drugs? Pot, powder, AND crack cocaine?@JAMAPsych let’s be part of this clear#harmreduction solution.
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Yeah, because only black people do time for marijuana charges....pic.twitter.com/gSU59pPuSK
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Stats above to debunk your skepticism.
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I don’t know what stats you’re referring to but I would like to look at them. Meanwhile, I have some stats you can check out..pic.twitter.com/PrhpkrJ6WE
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For the record, that is not what the black lives matters protests are about. They are literally protesting police brutality.Your willful ignorance strikes me as very lazy.
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1) Just because blacks get arrested more for marijuana than whites doesn’t mean cops treat every white person like a relative. Watch the Daniel Shaver vid. You act like minorities are the only victims. You probably think “It’s Okay To Be White” is a racist statement too..
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2) and Black Lives Matter isn’t some peaceful MLK type group. They don’t just protest police brutality. There’s plenty of videos of them assaulting innocent white people just for being white.
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3) By the way, you can’t “debunk skepticism”... you wannabe intellectualpic.twitter.com/Pnxdspxpez
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Guy, it's 2 in the morning. So by all means, cling to the your little victory over a momentary grammatical lapse. Additionally, No one ever implied that whites get treated like "relatives" by police. If you want to find a flaw in my argument, fine. But don't make shit up. Lazy!
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And how many white, Hispanic and Asian Americans are also doing time for the same thing? A lot!
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Thats usually what happens when you have an entire culture that thinks sellin drugs is cool
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That’s why white people literally sell more drugs than black ppl
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Was that poopie meme science supposed to inform us of this?
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In English please.
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What couldn't you comprehend?
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