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.

We have to start telling the truth, and that is that racism underlines many of the policy decisions that we put forth.

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 influen...