When I was in college, there were 300,000 people incarcerated in the United States; today, there are 2.3 million. 1/3

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Building prisons is a gargantuan urban industry. One of the reasons I want to end the War on Drugs is because almost half of our federal prisoners are nonviolent drug offenders. 2/3
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We should change drug addiction from a criminal issue to a health issue. I don’t want a Drug Czar; I want a Recovery Czar. For a fraction of the money ($100B/yr) that we spend on the War on Drugs every year, we can have a world class network of recovery options. 3/3
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On issue after issue after issue, it’s time to try another way. #Marianne2024
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Democrats will never end the failed war on drugs and give us healthcare You would be better off running with a new party We should chat
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Need to get rid of private prisons! They here are too much financial incentives for locking people down
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During the early 1980’s ….in ONE New York prison alone, was/ is housed over 50,000 males alone. The forgotten prisoners there live under the most deplorable conditions including …. Extremely small cells, No televisions, company…. No medical care along with deplorable f
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And this with most crimes being legal now.
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I suggest strolling through Baltimore city, without a security detail, and tell us how you feel about the criminal justice system then. As someone whose son was mugged at gunpoint at 8 am on a Sunday morning, walking to the grocery store, I would say you are full of crap.