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Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics

WAR ON DRUGS….Sam Heldman tells

by Kevin Drum February 10, 2003January 8, 2022

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WAR ON DRUGS….Sam Heldman tells the story of an 18-year-old high school student who has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for selling four ounces of marijuana out of his house.

Surely even drug war hawks can agree that this is simply ridiculous?

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