onlyonly: WTF The War on Drugs Has Become the War on the American People The foot soldiers in the government’s increasingly fanatical war on drugs, particularly marijuana, are state and local police officers dressed in SWAT gear and armed to the hilt. These SWAT teams carry out roughly 50,000 no-knock raids every year in search of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. As author and journalist Radley Balko reports, “The vast majority of these raids are to serve routine drug warrants, many times for crimes no more serious than possession of marijuana… Police have broken down doors, screamed obscenities, and held innocent people at gunpoint only to discover that what they thought were marijuana plants were really sunflowers, hibiscus, ragweed, tomatoes, or elderberry bushes. (It’s happened with all five.)” + trap watch ya back i love you.

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WTF

The War on Drugs Has Become the War on the American People

The foot soldiers in the government’s increasingly fanatical war on drugs, particularly marijuana, are state and local police officers dressed in SWAT gear and armed to the hilt. These SWAT teams carry out roughly 50,000 no-knock raids every year in search of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. As author and journalist Radley Balko reports, “The vast majority of these raids are to serve routine drug warrants, many times for crimes no more serious than possession of marijuana… Police have broken down doors, screamed obscenities, and held innocent people at gunpoint only to discover that what they thought were marijuana plants were really sunflowers, hibiscus, ragweed, tomatoes, or elderberry bushes. (It’s happened with all five.)” +

trap watch ya back i love you.

Source: fuckyeahdrugpolicy
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    Also, they really enjoy shooting the family dog.
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    it hasn’t “become” a war on people, it’s always been one.
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    We the people demand justice. Sooner or later, we will have it.
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    * The War On Drugs is such an utter failure… Using enormous amount of taxes to arrest people who have committed ”VICTIM...
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    How much are we spending on this?
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    held innocent people at gunpoint only to discover that what they thought were marijuana plants were really sunflowers,...
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    ugh.like whats worse is while cops are spending the majority of their time looking and arresting marijuana offenders all...
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