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		TheOtherHobbes on Oct 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After California decriminalized pot, teen arrest, ... Let's not forget that jails and security are a business, and the War on Drugs has been extremely good for that business. The possibility exists that the moral posturing around drugs has sometimes been a cover for less noble aims. See e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal

Natsu on Oct 17, 2014 [–]

That came after, not before. Given that I've heard no one defend those heinous crimes, I find that as lacking an explanation as the silly notions that scientists are advocating climate change because they expect to get grant money.

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