Cori Bush actually said...

"I lived through a malicious marijuana war that saw Black people arrested for possession at three times the rate of their White counterparts."

"This punitive approach creates more pain, increases substance use, and leaves millions of people to live in shame and isolation."

"The vicious and carceral drug war that has prioritized punishment over treatment, violence over healing, and trauma over dignity has influenced all our lives."

"The war on drugs was a flawed program and it simply didn't work."