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Elizabeth Warren: “If you are caught with an ounce of cocaine, the chances are good you are going to go to jail.”

On the recordMarch 6, 2013
If you are caught with an ounce of cocaine, the chances are good you are going to go to jail.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren criticizes the disparity in penalties for drug offenses versus corporate money laundering.

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