Michael Regilio

You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news.

Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.

Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.

Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.

It really happened. And actually, it gets worse because in 1975, the Supreme Court ruled it permissible to give out sentences for cannabis offenses. for up to 20 years in prison.

It really happened. And actually, it gets worse because in 1975, the Supreme Court ruled it permissible to give out sentences for cannabis offenses. for up to 20 years in prison.

It really happened. And actually, it gets worse because in 1975, the Supreme Court ruled it permissible to give out sentences for cannabis offenses. for up to 20 years in prison.

That is part of what Biden did to reclassify cannabis as Schedule 3, doing with the reclassification, relooking at a lot of people's sentence for cannabis over the years. So there might be some amelioration of that, but we'll see. But let me add this in as we're talking about these harsh sentences that existed.

That is part of what Biden did to reclassify cannabis as Schedule 3, doing with the reclassification, relooking at a lot of people's sentence for cannabis over the years. So there might be some amelioration of that, but we'll see. But let me add this in as we're talking about these harsh sentences that existed.

That is part of what Biden did to reclassify cannabis as Schedule 3, doing with the reclassification, relooking at a lot of people's sentence for cannabis over the years. So there might be some amelioration of that, but we'll see. But let me add this in as we're talking about these harsh sentences that existed.

African-Americans are arrested for violating cannabis possession laws at nearly four times the rates of whites. Yet both groups consume cannabis at roughly the same rates. And while I'm on it, even though cannabis is legal in many states, cannabis today is half of all drug arrests. Someone gets arrested for cannabis every 58 seconds in America.

African-Americans are arrested for violating cannabis possession laws at nearly four times the rates of whites. Yet both groups consume cannabis at roughly the same rates. And while I'm on it, even though cannabis is legal in many states, cannabis today is half of all drug arrests. Someone gets arrested for cannabis every 58 seconds in America.

African-Americans are arrested for violating cannabis possession laws at nearly four times the rates of whites. Yet both groups consume cannabis at roughly the same rates. And while I'm on it, even though cannabis is legal in many states, cannabis today is half of all drug arrests. Someone gets arrested for cannabis every 58 seconds in America.

This is despite the fact that the majority of Americans live in a state where cannabis is legal.

This is despite the fact that the majority of Americans live in a state where cannabis is legal.

This is despite the fact that the majority of Americans live in a state where cannabis is legal.

Yeah, look, it is rage inducing. In 1980, Reagan was elected and conservative values came back into vogue. And not like in a lovable Alex P. Keaton kind of way, but Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign, the DARE movement and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America became completely mainstream.

Yeah, look, it is rage inducing. In 1980, Reagan was elected and conservative values came back into vogue. And not like in a lovable Alex P. Keaton kind of way, but Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign, the DARE movement and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America became completely mainstream.

Yeah, look, it is rage inducing. In 1980, Reagan was elected and conservative values came back into vogue. And not like in a lovable Alex P. Keaton kind of way, but Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign, the DARE movement and the Partnership for a Drug-Free America became completely mainstream.

Law enforcement cracked down even harder on cannabis with the previously mentioned racist disproportionality. It's morning in America.