The two firms behind Never Back Down have taken millions of dollars from an organization looking to legalize recreational weed in the Sunshine State.

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    291 year ago

    Considering smoking weed was basically what made me start thinking how everything is bullshit that we take for granted, yeah the GOP would hate people getting high.

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      131 year ago

      For me it took something a little stronger (psychedelics), but yes I agree. They’re afraid that these substances will give people some perspective.

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        In the Nixon era, throwing people in jail for drugs was about suppressing hippies and black people.

        Now, it’s likely more about campaign contributions from privatized prisons. It’s profitable to throw someone in jail for something stupid and keep them there for as long as possible.

        Looking a little deeper, Florida has five (or more?) privatized prisons ran by the GEO Group that donates exclusively to Republicans: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/geo-group/summary?id=D000022003