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On the recordSeptember 25, 2017
So we have incarcerated millions of people, arrested people, and decided marijuana is the most dangerous drug in the United States since the era of Richard Nixon.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Connolly criticizes the lack of evidence supporting marijuana's classification as dangerous.

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