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On the recordNovember 17, 2021
We have recognized that the war on drugs put a lot of people behind bars for doing nothing more than smoking marijuana.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Warren highlights the injustices of the war on drugs and the need for pardons for nonviolent cannabis convictions.

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