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The Top Five Special Interest Groups That Want America's War on Drugs To Continue Forever

The Top Five Special Interest Groups That Want America's War on Drugs To Continue Forever

2012-04-23
Source: Carpe Diem


"Last year, over 850,000 people in America were arrested for marijuana-related crimes. Despite public opinion, the medical community, and human rights experts all moving in favor of relaxing marijuana prohibition laws, little has changed in terms of policy.

There have been many great books and articles detailing the history of the drug war. Part of America's fixation with keeping the leafy green plant illegal is rooted in cultural and political clashes from the past.

However, we at Republic Report think it's worth showing that there are five entrenched interest groups that are spending large sums of money to keep our broken drug laws on the books...





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