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On the recordApril 28, 2009
If we change the law to do away with what appears to be an injustice, that you get so much more punishment for one type of cocaine versus the other, and it has such a disparate effect in terms of our demographics, what do we do if we change the law to do away with that harshness and make the law still punishment, what do we do to prevent the problem?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham questions the implications of changing drug laws on punishment and community impact.

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