Last week, both houses of the state legislature passed sb 649, which would give judges and prosecutors the option of charging people convicted of drug offenses with misdemeanors instead of felonies. The year 2014 has seen several significant drug policy reform milestones. The drug war was part of a grand and highly successful republican party strategy of using racially coded political appeals on issues of crime and welfare to attract poor and working class white voters who were resentful of, and threatened by, desegregation, busing, and affirmative action. The last white hope is available to watch free on tubi tv, the roku channel free, hoopla and stream, download, buy on demand at amazon prime. All free music is contentid adrev free and ready to use in youtube videos.
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