>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/31/frank.bill.ireport/index.html?section=cnn_latest
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>>>I agree with everything except:
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>>>Current laws targeting marijuana users place undue burdens on law enforcement resources, punish ill Americans whose doctors have prescribed the substance and unfairly affect African-Americans, the Democrat from Massachusetts said
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>>>How do marijuana laws unfairly affect African-Americans?
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>>Wholeheartedly agree, and yes, that's one of the weirdest statements I've ever seen or heard about weed.
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>Maybe they get searched more frequently? They may use as much as anyone else, but get caught more often.

Y'know, I'm not so sure about that. I have a sneaking suspicion that weed is more a white guy thing than black. If you were talking about crack or something like that, then maybe, but marijuana? I'd like to see stats, but I honestly doubt it.

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>I've observed the procedure, the cops were searching the van, then the pockets of the two guys and a girl, then let the girl go, then searched the van again. The two guys were handcuffed and sitting on the pavement. Then the cops just let them go. The part I observed took maybe twenty minutes. I don't know how regular this is.