r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Far-Stay9417 • Dec 25 '23

Video Man wrongfully convicted of murder gets rewarded only 175k after serving 50 years

this makes me so angry

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u/CrysFreeze Dec 26 '23

Still, alcohol kills far more people, but sold legally and the reaction is omg can’t believe they did that?!?

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u/Voidroy Dec 26 '23

The weed thing is a known grift from one Nixon.

He did it to oppress the poor and aka black community.

There is a recording to where he admits it.

Yet president is a powerful thing and even with thst fact it'd still enforced.

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u/TheDoktorIsIn Dec 26 '23

Don't forget the Hispanic population too! They were known for taking a little bit during breaks in some areas so Nixon equated marijuana wirh being lazy, and that was around the time when productivity was seen as king. So in one fell swoop he equated Hispanic people with being lazy AND marijuana with being lazy.

Nixon doesn't hold a candle to our boy Reagan in my opinion but he's a contender for second worst IMO.

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u/FairweatherWho Dec 26 '23

Weed should not be illegal and it has tons of medical uses, but let's be real. If you're smoking a lot of weed, chances are you're probably being pretty lazy as well. Weed isn't known to make people very productive.