October 9, 2022 by V Leigh

Breaking News: President Biden pardoned everyone convicted of marijuana possession under federal law and said the U.S. will review how the drug is classified.

President Biden is planning to issue an executive order pardoning people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law.

He’ll also urge governors to do the same for state cases of civil possession of marijuana. https://t.co/aGiRLM8JOx
— POLITICO (@politico) October 6, 2022

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Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives – for conduct that is legal in many states. That’s before you address the clear racial disparities around prosecution and conviction. Today, we begin to right these wrongs.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 6, 2022

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Biden youth outreach: Canceling student debt, pardoning marijuana possession, defending abortion rights

Republican youth outreach: Suing to stop student debt relief, attacking Biden for extremely popular marijuana reform, forcing rape victims to give birth to their rapist’s baby
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) October 7, 2022

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I applaud the president for yesterday’s executive action on marijuana. But we’ve got a long way to go. I happen to believe that marijuana should be legal all over this country. pic.twitter.com/blqiMi4ulI
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) October 7, 2022

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Marijuana arrests account for over half of all drug arrests in our country.

This is an important step forward, but we must keep pushing for more. Legalize marijuana. Expunge records. Protect undocumented folks. End the war on drugs. https://t.co/rH8QPrtKU7
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) October 7, 2022

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Wait, so do I get my job at the WH back? https://t.co/PSOlsNQzQ4
— Anya Lehr (@anyalehr) October 6, 2022

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An overwhelming number of Black people impacted by marijuana conviction are ineligible for these special pardon projects due to stacking of charges and tough on policing legislation.
— Miracle. ESQ. MSW. (@miracolomucize) October 6, 2022

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Learning that 0 people are being freed by Biden’s order and feeling like an idiot for being optimistic for a second. I wonder if Democrats ever consider what repeatedly doing this type of empty, symbolic, hope crushing let-down stuff does to folks.
— Read Class Struggle Unionism by Joe Burns (@JoshuaPotash) October 7, 2022

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BREAKING: Beto O’Rourke heeds Joe Biden’s call to end marijuana crimes — announces that when he becomes governor Texas will “finally legalize marijuana” and “expunge the records of those arrested” for its possession. RT IF YOU HOPE BETO BEATS GREG ABBOTT!
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) October 6, 2022

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Nobody in America is made any safer because we put someone in prison for marijuana possession. Join us in telling every governor to follow Biden’s lead and pardon everyone in your state who has been convicted of simple marijuana possession.

(🧵8/8) https://t.co/j2iYlX39Nh
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) October 7, 2022

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If President Biden can pardon all federal possession of marijuana convictions, every single Governor should do the same for state convictions.

This is long overdue
— Isaac G. Bryan (@ib2_real) October 6, 2022

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Breaking News: President Biden pardoned everyone convicted of marijuana possession under federal law and said the U.S. will review how the drug is classified. https://t.co/frPIONvJJc
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 6, 2022

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April 22, 2022 by V Leigh

Reflections on 4/20: Today is a good day to finally end the war on drugs.

There’re still people sitting in prison for selling weed in states profiting off the sale of weed and that’s just never going to sit right with me. 420
— Dyjuan Tatro (@DyjuanTatro) April 20, 2022

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Black Americans are nearly four times more likely than white Americans to be arrested for cannabis possession, despite similar rates of use.

I’ve been urging @POTUS to use his authority to decriminalize cannabis use & pardon non-violent cannabis offenses. It’s the right thing.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 20, 2022

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4/20 reminder: the Senate has the power to make this the last year that Black and brown people sit in jail for a substance that is now a $25 billion industry dominated by white men.
#WeNeedMORE
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) April 20, 2022

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Good morning! #420day pic.twitter.com/glmUycz81W
— C.J. Petersen 🏳️‍🌈 🌽 (@cjforiowa) April 20, 2022

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Can we finally legalize weed, please? This is ridiculous. There have been hundreds of thousands of marijuana arrests over the past 50 years, doing more harm than good, by @reporterporter https://t.co/kfekBVjlCR via @usatodayopinion #420day #cannabis
— André Picard (@picardonhealth) April 20, 2022

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The War on Drugs is racist and ineffective.

Tell your senators: The time is NOW to decriminalize marijuana nationwide AND address racial disparities in sentencing.https://t.co/wxUyEhNNRZ
— ACLU (@ACLU) April 20, 2022

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Today is a good day to finally end the war on drugs.

My bill with @RepBonnie, H.R. 4020 the Drug Policy Reform Act, would decriminalize drug possession at the federal level for ALL drugs. Congress needs to pass it.
— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) April 20, 2022

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May 25, 2016 by V Leigh

The marijuana industry’s war on the poor

Black people twice as likely to be arrested for pot in Colorado and Washington — where it’s legal https://t.co/8bLnj7ldvQ

— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) May 19, 2016

The way drugs are classified tells you all you need to know about the War on Drugs https://t.co/P06pblLp8p pic.twitter.com/KdCeDcDRma

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) May 21, 2016

Bigger Than Incarceration: Angela Davis Talks Mass Criminalization, Mental Health and the War on Drugs – The Root https://t.co/tqCmXvvKnW

— Brian Chad Starks (@bchadphd) May 14, 2016

The marijuana industry’s war on the poor https://t.co/xLhsA8hkpd | Getty pic.twitter.com/p979Rq4YqC

— POLITICO (@politico) May 23, 2016

November 10, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

School Freaks Out, Forces 13-yo Native American Girl to Remove Sacred Medicine Pouch

This move by school officials would be no different than yanking the cross from a Christian girl’s neck.

Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com

October 6, 2015 by V Leigh

#Politics #Reform Tweets 10.5

What Donald Trump thinks we should do about school shootings: Nothing. http://t.co/U2cHsKqxH4 pic.twitter.com/3hmuzO5mes

— Slate (@Slate) October 4, 2015

8 of 14 recent mass gunmen LEGALLY bought guns in spite of criminal histories and documented mental health issues. pic.twitter.com/rtmsk4MzvJ

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) October 3, 2015

US special forces are carrying out a secret war in more than half the nations on the planet. http://t.co/yd34i8V0ip pic.twitter.com/2k4H4Qeo7b

— The Nation (@thenation) October 3, 2015

Jobs/housing for those with criminal records has only gotten worse since @ACLU published this in the 70s. @acholcomb pic.twitter.com/hOgNVneMqA

— Rafay-Burns Appeal (@RafayBurnsApp) October 2, 2015

Alabama passes strict voter ID law then closes ALL drivers license offices in black counties. http://t.co/0YN2kIj1Uq pic.twitter.com/NxGsqWmmYQ

— Q. Allan Brocka (@allanbrocka) October 1, 2015

If voting didn't matter, they wouldn't be trying to take it away. http://t.co/w54whbMRSt #Alabama #VoterSuppression

— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) October 3, 2015

How a Senate bill could help Weldon Angelos, who's serving 55 years for dealing marijuana http://t.co/hl9sio4hEW pic.twitter.com/SP8Ao0jAuQ

— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 3, 2015

September 9, 2015 by V Leigh

#Politics #Reform Tweets 9.8

@getgln @CNNPolitics To think there are places in our country where you can be hit by a stray bullet just for being in the wrong place/time.

— HabitualLineStepper (@AdrianNichols) September 8, 2015

In Bed With Prison Lobby, Hillary Clinton Unlikely to End War on Drugs http://t.co/tD8GVy7CFH via @marijuanapolitics.com

— Randy Blazak, PhD. (@rblazak) September 8, 2015

“By law, refugees cannot be sent back to countries where their lives would be in danger.” https://t.co/GsXgG5Ic97

— Think Mexican (@ThinkMexican) September 6, 2015

July 21, 2015 by V Leigh

#ImmigrationReform #Femicides Tweets 7.20

The desert is a killing field. Thousands of migrants lose their lives because of immigration policy.- @AlfredoPhxAZ #nn15

— Andrea Mercado (@DREAMERcado) July 17, 2015

A reader asked the other day, “Who are the gringo Chapos? Who is making the bigger profits per kilo?” The answer: http://t.co/yaNYlmhPFq

— Think Mexican (@ThinkMexican) July 15, 2015

2,502 women were presumed killed in Mexico in 2013. It was never just Cd. Juárez, it was always a national epidemic. pic.twitter.com/jk7Yp6TJFu

— Think Mexican (@ThinkMexican) July 14, 2015

July 6, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

Federal Judge Admits Drug War Is Tearing The Country Apart, Regrets 80% Of Rulings

“This is a war that I saw destroy lives.” A Federal Judge has become aware to the brutal reality that is kidnapping, caging and killing people for their personal choice. She is taking action to reverse it.

Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com

May 11, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

Florida Man Dies In Police Custody After Cops turn Away the Ambulance

A Florida man died in police custody this week after police shocked him with a Taser, despite being made aware repeatedly of his medical conditions.

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The war on drugs is a war on people.

March 12, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

▶ What Will It Take To End the War on Drugs? Johann Hari | #GRITtv

“With marijuana legalization passing around the US, are we finally entering the last days of the War on Drugs? Johann Hari had an early start as an op-ed columnist for The Independent at 23. Since then, he has written for the New York Times, the LA Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, Slate, the New Republic and The Nation among others. His new book, Chasing The Scream, is a bracing look inside the War on Drugs. This episode also looks at what resisting the war on drugs looks like at the grassroots, with a profile of Reverend Kenneth Glasgow and his organization T.O.P.S. – The Ordinary People Society. T.O.P.S. is an extraordinary criminal justice reform organization run by former prisoners in Dothan, Alabama.”

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