Two years after launching the war on drugs, President Richard Nixon made a startling admission during a meeting in the Oval Office. He said that marijuana was “not particularly dangerous.” The remarks, captured by the former president’s secret recording system, bolster the notion that the criminalization of marijuana was driven by politics. Ernesto Londoño, a New York Times reporter who covers drug use and counternarcotics policy, explains.
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This seems weirdly convenient….I am wondering if these Nixon tapes are AI generated?
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The knuckleheads running my country also copied this inane scheduling system. Every time I see it I’m reminded of how wildly unqualified some of these people are to be making rules for the rest of us who actually read books and research papers. Absolutely infuriating
CANNABIS REFORM NOW!!!! THIS WAS WRONG AND NEEDS TO BE RIGHTED!!!!!
how is this confusing NY Times? He literally said in your own piece that it’s a signal thing. Yet this piece dances around the point, lol. The marijuanna topic is a football piece, duhhhhh. Dont confuse the poor folks out there, lol Let the profits run their course then the public may have their time, highly 😉