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On the recordOctober 29, 2013
We spend $51 billion on a so-called 'war on drugs,' and we even have 700,000 arrests for marijuana law violations.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers criticizes the financial and social costs of drug-related arrests.

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