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[ [link removed] ]Marijuana should be legalized nationwide. Add your name if you agree.

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Here's a bit more background: In the 1970s, as the gains from the Civil
Rights Movement became real, the federal government started a war. They
called it the War on Drugs, but the truth is that it was really a war on
people – very particular people. In fact, it is now widely accepted that
our federal government flooded communities with drugs, laundered the
profits, then cracked down on the victims by arresting and convicting
them.

In the 40+ years since, tens of millions of people, predominantly from
communities of color, have been victims of this war – caught up in prison,
their permanent records forever stained by senseless convictions for
non-violent drug crimes. People who should’ve received treatment instead
got jail.

District Attorneys have the power of righting those wrongs directly, by
doing these three things:

 1. Expunging and cleaning the records of people previously convicted for
marijuana crimes. Nobody should pay a lifetime price for what is now
widely legal.

 2. Dropping the current cases and arrests of non-violent marijuana
charges. This is a waste of precious resources that could be spent in
so many better ways.

 3. Instructing judges and prosecutors to send all non-violent drug
offenders into well-resourced counseling and diversion programs.
Let’s wrap people who need it with treatment – not prison.

So while we pressure the White House to do the right thing and legalize
marijuana, we must also continue this critical work to elect DAs who will
refuse to be complicit in the war on drugs in the meantime. [ [link removed] ]If you can,
please make a donation to power this important work.

— The Real Justice Team


 
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