The world beyond the automatic/autocratic illegality of drug use would be very different indeed. It would change America almost beyond recognition, for, even though...
The 15th Amendment* to the US Constitution...
Sect. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
There are today more black folk without the right to vote than was the case at the height of Slave Ownership.
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