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On the recordMarch 12, 2019
Congress has done something wrong. And we have a debt to society, because the war on drugs is widely recognized as a horrific and non-evidence-based policy.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez criticizes Congress for past drug policies and acknowledges a societal debt.

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