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Canadian single-payer healthcare versus US healthcare. ... Canada has far fewer handguns.
Country	Median wealth per adult. 2018. US dollars	Healthcare cost per person. US dollars PPP. 2019	Murder rate per 100,000. 2019
Canada	$106,342	$5.418	1.8
USA	$61,667	$11,072	5.0

Country	Life expectancy. 2019	Under-5 mortality rate per 1000 live births. 2019	Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births. 2017
Canada	82.3 years	4.9	10
USA	78.9 years	6.5	19

Portugal's drug decriminalization. 2.3.4. Based on single-payer, universal healthcare. 2. 72,000 drug overdose deaths per year in the US. Well below 100 in Portugal. 81,000 is latest US total.

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Mexico City. May 4, 2019. See: Source. [1].
Cape Town, South Africa. May 5, 2018. See source, with more photos.
Sao Paulo, Brazil. May 26, 2018. See source. Part of "Green May" (many cities) [2][3][4] in Brazil. See another 2018 photo. See video showing massive crowd (from 1 minute on, especially the time lapse video).
Sao Paulo, Brazil. May 6, 2017. See source.
Cape Town, South Africa. May 7, 2016. See source.
Athens, Greece. May 9, 2015. See source, and more photos.
Medellin, Colombia. May 3, 2014. See source. See more photos: 2013 May 4. Also: 2011 May 7. (b, c.)
Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 3, 2014. See source. [5]. See also: 2012 May 5 photo.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 4, 2013. See source. [6]. See street-level crowd shot.
Medellin, Colombia. May 5, 2012. See more photos: a, b, c.
Sao Paulo, Brazil. May 19, 2012. See another photo.
Toronto, Canada. May 2, 2009.
Toronto, Canada. May 6, 2006.
May 8, 2004 in Madrid, Spain. Million Joint March (La Marcha del Millón de Porros en Madrid, Mayo 2004). See source. [7]. For more info and photos: [8][9][10].
May 4, 2002 in Paris, France in front of the Hotel de Ville. See a source. [11].

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Canada and Portugal. Vs USA

Portugal's drug decriminalization. 2.3.4. Based on single-payer, universal healthcare. 2.

Two Leading Economists Say Medicare for All Would Give 'Biggest Take-Home Pay Raise in a Generation'. (2. 3.)

Trump's failing healthcare report card.
If not for Obamacare, COVID-19 patients with preexisting conditions could’ve been ‘uninsurable’. And: Trump asks Court to rule Obamacare unconstitutional. And: Short-term health plans (not Obamacare) leave consumers on the hook for massive medical costs, investigation finds.
Source. And: #MedicareForAll. Alec Baldwin as Trump. On SNL.

US. Majority Backs ‘Medicare for All’ Replacing Private Plans, if Preferred Providers Stay. - Public Opinion on Single-Payer, National Health Plans, and Expanding Access to Medicare Coverage.

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Medicare-for-all is single-payer, non-socialist, non-government-owned, Canadian-style healthcare.
Charts. USA spent $3.3 trillion on healthcare in 2017. (2.3.4.). Canada got better outcomes, spent half as much per person, and thus has a higher median wealth. So: 55% of Americans support 'Medicare-for-all'. (2.)	Households with handguns: Canada: 3%. USA: 30%.)

Country	Median wealth per adult 2018. US dollars	Healthcare cost per person. US dollars PPP. 2017	Murder rate per 100,000. 2016
Canada	$106,342	$4,826	1.7
USA	$61,667	$10,209	5.3

US spent 17.2% of GDP (national economy) on healthcare in 2017. Canada spent 10.4%. See: info, charts, videos exposing US Republican myths about Canadian healthcare. (2.)

Country	Life expectancy 2016 (2)	Under-5 mortality rate per 1000 live births. 2017	Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births. 2015
Canada	82.8 years	5.1	7.3
USA	78.5 years	6.6	26.4

Videos. US Republican myths about Canadian healthcare: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96. Nations with better and healthier quality of life: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14.

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It's 19 years now since Portuguese decriminalization in 2001.

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News: US Republicans lead war on cannabis. And near-genocidal US drug war. [22]. And other endless wars. Presidents should be figureheads like UK's queen; their power abolished. [23].

Wikipedia: US drug overdose death rates and totals over time. Many charts. Portugal's decriminalization is the answer.

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Lie After Lie: What Colin Powell Knew About Iraq 15 Years Ago and What He Told the U.N. Feb 6, 2018, The Intercept. And: Previous article. And: Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq. Mother Jones, Sept 2006. Since updated.

Vote out most Republicans! Ballotpedia issues: marijuana and minimum wage. It is not socialist. It is Common Sense. (search for "poor" among Thomas Paine quotes). See: List of minimum wages by country. And: Medicare-for-all, like Canada, is not socialist either. See: US federal minimum wage has 35% less buying power than in 1969. 10 years since last increase. A record. [24]. Republican state governments in 28 states passed laws to prevent cities from raising the minimum wage. Far-right talk radio helps Republicans do this. Republicans block cheap municipal broadband in 26 states. Vote!

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News. Sources. GMM Facebook. Vote for cannabis! [25]. Ballotpedia: marijuana and minimum wage. US minimum wage has 35% less buying power than in 1969. [26]. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell blocked the minimum wage issue, and Trump said he would veto it. And: ‘A Tale of 2 recessions’: Rich Americans get richer. Bottom half struggles. Skyrocketing hunger in US. [27][28][29]. And: Trump paid no federal income tax 10 out of 15 years. [30][31][32][33]. Remove Presidential veto power. Presidents should not determine legislation.

17 Jan 2021: France launches public consultation on legalising cannabis. "In 2016, 41 percent of French people aged 15 to 64 had consumed it at least once – compared to the European average of 18.9 percent."
16 Jan 2021: The Republican Healthcare Plan. You die: ==>>
16 Jan 2021: Racial Justice Requires Ending the War on Drugs, Experts Say. 14 Jan 2021: Marijuana Prohibition Was Designed As Racist System, Virginia Governor Says In State Of The Commonwealth Speech.

16 Jan 2021: National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy. See also: Republican-NRA-led drug war, mandatory minimum sentences, and handguns. And: Canada's murder rate is 1/3 the US rate. Handguns per household by country. Households with handguns: Canada: 3%. USA: 22%. And Canada does not have the NRA's drug war.

15 Jan 2021:Local Massachusetts Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization Measure. "Oakland, Santa Cruz and Ann Arbor—have also decriminalized possession of plant-and fungi-based psychedelics. In Oregon, November’s election saw the passage of a historic initiative to legalize psilocybin mushrooms for therapeutic purposes. ... Much of this reform progress can be traced back to Denver, which became the first city in the country to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms in May 2019."

13 Jan 2021: Virginia's Democratic Governor Unveils Bill To Legalize Marijuana As Democratic Lawmakers Schedule First Hearing. Legislators plan to move quickly to advance it.
13 Jan 2021: New York, Virginia And Other States Consider New Drug Decriminalization Bills.

12 Jan 2021: Ann Arbor, Michigan. Washtenaw prosecutor won’t charge people for marijuana, shrooms, other psychedelics. Cannabis is as safe as alcohol, and it’s no more appropriate to charge someone for “too much marijuana” than it is to charge someone for “too many bottles of wine,” Savit said.

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12 Jan 2021: Mexico. After 3-year delay, medical marijuana will be legal as of Jan 13, 2021.

10 Jan 2021: Call for UK prisons to trial free cannabis to see if it cuts drug deaths.
7 Jan 2021: US Senate Flip to Democrats Opens Door for Big Cannabis Reform.
3 Jan 2021: Democratic governor of Illinois erases 500,000 low-level cannabis charges.
1 Jan: NJWeedman Opens First Citizen Dispensary. Sells Marijuana In Trenton, New Jersey.
1 Jan 2021: In 2021, more than twenty states will increase their minimum wages for workers. Most of these changes are effective January 1, 2021. Democrat candidate Jon Ossoff (in the Georgia runoff election on Jan 5, 2021 for the US Senate) supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15. - [34]. Republican candidate David Perdue has yet to say he supports a federal minimum wage at all.

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30 Dec 2020: Bernie Sanders: All of a sudden Mitch McConnell is “worried” that someone in America might get a $2,000 check "who doesn't need it." Funny. He had no problem giving a $1.4 billion tax break to Charles Koch and his family with a net worth of $113 billion. [35][36].

30 Dec 2020: New Georgia Senate runoff poll finds Democrats' leads widening . "Everybody fundamentally understands that it's going to become an issue of partisan turnout".
29 Dec 2020: Judge orders Georgia counties to halt voter purge ahead of Senate runoff. [37][38].
27 Dec: Why a key Georgia county flipped from red to blue—and what it means for Democrats. [39].

27 Dec 2020: Teens expand TikTok playbook to help Democrats in Georgia runoffs.
25 Dec 2020: Democrat Jon Ossoff puts cannabis policy front and center, tweets 'Legalize It' at 4:20am. Georgia runoff election is Jan 5, 2021. Flip the US Senate to Democrats.
24 Dec 2020: Georgia’s Election Might Determine the Future of Marijuana Federally.
24 Dec 2020: Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer commutes 3 long sentences for nonviolent drug offenses.
24 Dec 2020: Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock pulls ahead of Kelly Loeffler in Georgia Senate poll. Warnock supports cannabis reform.
24 Dec 2020: Federal marijuana decriminalization may come down to Georgia runoff.
23 Dec: Republican Mitch McConnell Cheers Lack Of Marijuana Banking Protections In New COVID Bill.
23 Dec: Georgia Senate Candidate Jon Ossoff (Democrat) Pitches Marijuana Legalization Plan To Young Voters On TikTok. Both Democrats in runoff support cannabis reform.

22 Dec 2020: Overdose deaths outnumber COVID-19 deaths more than 3 to 1 in San Francisco. From article: "In 2020 alone, 621 people have died from drug overdoses in San Francisco, while the number of coronavirus fatalities were 173, The Associated Press reported. ... While all data for 2020 is not yet publicly available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published last week more than 81,000 drug overdose deaths in the 12 months ending in May [in the US] indicating the highest level recorded in a single year, the AP reported." Run cursor over graph for 81,000 number.

21 Dec 2020: Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol. Virginia plans to replace the statue of Confederate general Lee with one of civil rights icon Barbara Johns.
18 Dec 2020: Multnomah County prosecutors adopt Oregon's drug decriminalization measure early.

17 Dec 2020: High Times Greats: Milla Jovovich. Story republished from November, 1994 issue of High Times. In honor of Milla Jovovich’s birthday on December 17, 1975.
17 Dec 2020: Georgia Senate Races Will Decide 'Whether Weed Gets Legalized,' Cory Booker Says.
17 Dec: Man jailed for life over $20 marijuana sale has been freed after serving 12 years. Homeless when he sold pot to undercover cops in Louisiana, the state with the world's highest incarceration rate. Wikipedia: List of countries by incarceration rate.
12 Dec 2020: To win Georgia and the Senate, Democrats need to go all-in on $15 minimum wage. Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff both support raising the federal minimum wage to $15 over a few years.

12 Dec: What Polls Say About David Perdue and Jon Ossoff 3 Weeks Before the Georgia Election. Georgia has no-excuse absentee mail-in voting. "January 5 runoff election is just three weeks away ...In-person early voting is set to begin on December 14, ... Under Georgia's election rules, absentee ballots must be requested by January 1 and for them to count in the election, they must be received by January 5." Latest Polls Of The Georgia Senate Runoff Elections. Turnout matters: [40][41][42] [43][44][45] [46][47][48] [49][50][51].

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Action Alert: Start Making Calls for Georgia GOTV! (Get Out The Vote!) - SSDP. Students for Sensible Drug Policy. And donate money. [52][53]. "Students for Sensible Drug Policy is encouraging all of our U.S. members, alumni, and supporters to start making calls and get out the vote for Georgia’s special election on January 5th. ... The MORE Act, ... is looking to face a much more difficult fight in the Senate. ... We can not afford to wait two, four, or six more years for better legislators while marginalized people are being arrested for minor marijuana offenses."

11 Dec: What 100 Years of History Tells Us About Racism in Policing. "Again and again, commissions convened to examine why police brutality sparks unrest have come to the same conclusion: We must address the poverty and systemic racism that go hand in hand with policing communities of color."

11 Dec 2020: What’s at stake in the Senate runoffs. "Add to that the fate of the Affordable Care Act, marijuana decriminalization, criminal justice legislation ... Obama needed a Democratic House and Senate to pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010, while Trump could not have passed his massive tax cuts [for the rich] in 2017 without Republicans controlling both chambers."

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9 Dec 2020: Man believed to be the longest-serving nonviolent cannabis prisoner, with a 90-year sentence, released: ‘I’m a blessed human being, a survivor’. [54]. Richard DeLisi released in Florida at age 71 after serving 31 years. See also: FreeDeLisi.com.

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4 Dec 2020: New Jersey Legislature, Democratic Governor Murphy Reach Agreement on Marijuana Legalization. Final legalization bill expected to pass, and be signed by governor.

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4 Dec 2020: The US House Just Voted to Decriminalize Weed. The bill passed largely along party lines. Georgia runoff elections on Jan. 5, 2021 (see poll where Democrats lead) may determine its fate in the Senate. Georgia may flip the Senate blue. States have their own cannabis laws.

US House votes for cannabis on Dec 2, 2020.
Countries voting for and against UN bill. Map source: Morocco Votes ‘Yes’ in Historic UN Vote on Medical Cannabis on Dec 2, 2020.

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2 Dec 2020: Morocco Votes ‘Yes’ in Historic Successful UN Vote on Medical Cannabis.
2 Dec 2020: Cannabidiol (CBD) in cannabis does not impair driving, landmark study shows.
2 Dec 2020: San Francisco bans tobacco smoking inside apartments; pot smoking OK.
2 Dec 2020: Press release — History made today: UN recognizes medical cannabis. [55].

27 Nov: House To Vote On Kamala Harris Bill Which Would Legalize Marijuana Next Week. [56][57][58][59]. State anti-cannabis laws remain. "remove marijuana from the schedule of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act ... If Democrats regain a majority in the Senate, the legislation has a real shot at becoming law under a Biden-Harris administration."

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Romance novelists raise $400,000 for Georgia Senate races – with help from Stacey Abrams 25 Nov 2020 article. Senate cannabis reform depends on Democratis winning. "Abrams’ work fighting against suppression of black voters and organizing voter registration efforts is widely credited with helping Joe Biden become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Georgia in more than a quarter century. Democrats have said her work was 'pivotal' in flipping Wisconsin and other battleground states."

22 Nov: California cannabis industry banking on bills stalled in Republican Senate. A proposal to ease the federal ban on marijuana could encourage more banks to do business with cannabis companies.
21 Nov: Black women in Georgia crucial to Democrats in fight for US senate control. 2018 Democratic party nominee for governor Stacey Abrams has been lauded for registering some 800,000 new voters.
21 Nov: 'Longest-serving cannabis offender' to be released early from 90-year prison sentence [60].

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20 Nov: 'The war on drugs failed': Democratic California lawmaker will push to decriminalize psychedelics in California.

19 Nov: CBD is not a narcotic, says EU court as it rules French ban is illegal. [61]. Effectively legalizes CBD in all of European Union. Removes it from a legal grey area.

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19 Nov 2020: Vote in Mexico brings world's largest legal weed market one step closer. [62][63][64].
19 Nov: Not just COVID: Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows. Non-COVID death rate doubles in poorly staffed homes. This wouldn't happen if US had single payer healthcare.
18 Nov: Michigan prisoner serving up to 60 years in pot case asks for mercy. 3 pounds of cannabis.
18 Nov: Congress To Vote On Nationwide Marijuana Legalization In December. The Democratic House will vote on federal descheduling, not state legalization. A Democratic Senate would pass it.

17 Nov: Democratic Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Promises ‘No Incrementalism’ in Marijuana Reform, MORE Act Gets Vote. "Republican Party is dedicated to maintaining the War on Drugs and opposing the legalization of marijuana. ... the Democrats only need to secure 50 [Senate] seats. This largely hinges on Georgia, where the Senate runoffs in January will determine whether Democrats have a clear path ahead [for cannabis reform]."

16 Nov: Democrat Northam: ‘We are going to move forward with legalizing marijuana in Virginia’. [65].
15 Nov: Democrat Warnock for Senate. "Health care is on the ballot". Jan 5 runoff in Georgia.
13 Nov: How To Help With The Georgia Senate Runoff Elections — & Where To Donate. [66][67].
13 Nov: Free Medical Marijuana Will Be Available to the Uninsured in Argentina. "implement measures to provide, for free on behalf of the state, products derived from the cannabis plant for patients who have a medical prescription and only have public health coverage".

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12 Nov 2020: Israel announces plan to legalize recreational cannabis within 9 months. [68].
12 Nov: America’s longest serving nonviolent cannabis prisoner to be released. [69]. 1988 arrest.

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12 Nov: Argentina to Allow Medicinal Marijuana to Be Grown at Home. Will also allow pharmacies to sell cannabis-derived oils, creams and other products. Insurance must cover the cost of prescriptions.
9 Nov: Gallup: Record Percentage (68%) of Americans Say "Marijuana Should Be Made Legal".

Jon Ossoff for U.S. Senate. Flip Georgia Blue! Donate! Jan 5, 2021 runoff election. Take back the Senate for the Democrats. Then the most hated politician in America, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, will no longer be the Senate leader, and will no longer be able to block the many cannabis reform bills, and minimum/living wage bills, passed by the Democratic House of Representatives. 6 Nov 2020: Why Georgia is about to become the center of the political universe. CNN. Raphael Warnock for U.S. Senate. Flip Georgia Blue! Donate! Jan 5, 2021 runoff election. 2 Nov 2020: Trump just ended HealthCare.gov in Georgia. Many will become uninsured.

4 Nov 2020: 1 in 3 Americans now lives in a state where recreational marijuana is legal - POLITICO. "New Jersey, Arizona and Montana passed measures to legalize adult-use marijuana. South Dakota became the first state to authorize both medical and recreational sales at the same time. ... South Dakota and Mississippi voters also approved measures to legalize medical marijuana on Election Day."
4 Nov: Oregon becomes first state to legalize psychedelic mushrooms under supervised use.
4 Nov: Oregon decriminalizes possession of street drugs, becoming first in nation. [70].
3 Nov: Washington, D.C. Voters Approve Psychedelics Decriminalization In Nation's Capital.

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30 Oct: Germany firmly rejects recreational marijuana legalization bill as hope fades for reform.
29 Oct 2020: Who is Dalia Kafi? Handcuffed Black woman body-slammed headfirst by Calgary cop who broke her nose for breaking curfew. See the video. How is he still a cop?

Chuck Schumer Says Marijuana Legalization Will Be Prioritized If Democrats Retake Senate. October 27, 2020: "last week, [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer discussed his cannabis reform bill, which would federally deschedule the plant, reinvest tax revenue into communities most impacted by the drug war and fund efforts to expunge prior marijuana records."

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27 Oct 2020: Rick Steves. Make America Proud Again — Vote for Joe and Kamala. Rick Steves is a longtime cannabis activist, and a NORML board member.

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Google searches: Racism and drug war. [71][72]. And: ICU beds at capacity. [73][74]. 2020 Ballot Initiatives. How to Track Your Absentee Ballot by State. See if ballot received.
26 Oct 2020: France to Run Pilot Programme to Supply Patients with Free Medicinal Cannabis.

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26 Oct 2020: Jubilation as Chile votes to rewrite constitution. "Chileans have voted overwhelmingly in support of rewriting their constitution, which dates to the dictatorship of Gen Augusto Pinochet [installed in a CIA-aided coup in 1973 that killed Salvador Allende, a democratically elected President]."
26 Oct 2020: NJWeedman Ed Forchion sells marijuana across the street from Trenton City Hall. Even the mayor is a fan.
21 Oct 2020: Marijuana Use Linked to Lower Hospital Mortality in COPD Patients.
19 Oct 2020: Legalizing Marijuana Is Risky, Trump-Appointed Prosecutor Warns Montana Voters. Dumbass Republican claims cannabis is addictive, and peddles the gateway drug theory.

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14 Oct: Tampa business, Disco Dolls, joins coalition to raise minimum wage via Amendment 2.
14 Oct 2020: Montana Voters Poised To Legalize Marijuana, New Poll Shows.
14 Oct 2020. Illinois. Recreational pot taxes top $100 million in first 8 months of legal sales.

10 Oct 2020: Large majority favors New Jersey marijuana legalization, according to poll. [75]. 7 Oct 2020. These 4 states are voting to legalize and tax marijuana sales. The legalization and taxation of recreational marijuana is up for a vote in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota.

9 and 15 Oct: Bernie Sanders Facebook page graphics below.

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7 Oct 2020. Dumping Trump is the only way marijuana legalization will happen | Leafly.
6 Oct 2020. French Republicans (Le Républicains) fight to block legalisation of cannabis.

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1 Oct 2020: OSU Hemp Trial Could Change Livestock & Hemp Industries.
28 Sep 2020: Decarboxylation: How to Activate Cannabis. 144 cannabinoids in cannabis.
28 Sep: Bernie Sanders Facebook page graphics below.

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28 Sep: Top 9 arguments in support of marijuana legalization and regulation.

26 Sep 2020: Mexico City marijuana garden offers pot smokers a place to get high. 26 Sep: 'Smoke with freedom' - Mexicans get high in marijuana garden outside Senate. 25 Sep: Mexican Cabinet Member Accepts Gifted Marijuana Plant As Lawmakers Prepare Legalization Vote.

26 Sep: Biden says Amy Coney Barrett will overturn Obamacare if confirmed to the Supreme Court.
25 Sep: Rock County (Madison, Wisconsin) makes maximum penalty $1 for cannabis possession.
25 Sep: When Is My Voter Registration Deadline? By state. From article: "Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, many states have shifted deadlines and expanded registration options. Here’s what you need to know to register to vote in the 2020 general election."
24 Sep: Study: Use of Cannabis Long-Term Not Associated with Cognitive Differences in Older Adults.
21 Sep 2020: New York Launches Process For Destroying Marijuana Conviction Records.
19 and 21 Sep 2020: Bernie Sanders Facebook page graphics below.
US: $50 Trillion Transfer to the 1% from 1975 to 2018. [76][77]. Plus Republican cannabis war.

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17 Sep: Cannabis in presidential race: Biden-Harris pledge to decriminalize marijuana. "Democrats' marijuana reforms are significantly more progressive than those of the Trump administration. At the start of his administration, Trump's first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, moved to crack down on states that had legalized marijuana. ... in the administration's 2021 budget, the president removed medical cannabis protections that prevented the Justice Department from interfering with state cultivation and distribution."

16 Sep 2020: Cannabis Pilot Programs Are Sprouting in Europe. Switzerland's trial legalization.

16 Sep: 'Let me finish my question, sir': A voter shut down Trump when he started talking over her at a town hall. "The ABC News host George Stephanopoulos, who was moderating the town hall, called the president out, saying his administration had been trying to dismantle Obamacare yet hadn't come up with a viable alternative that would protect people with preexisting conditions under the law." [78]. 16 Sep: Donald Trump's new health care plan has been 2 months away for 15 months now.

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Ever-increasing US household debt under Trump, and his huge tax breaks for the rich, but not for the middle class who need it the most. Huge medical and student debt. Low minimum wages in many Republican states. See map. [79].

Republicans have declared War on the Middle Class.

22 Oct 2019: Average French households 'more wealthy than Americans and Germans', new study reveals. See median-wealth chart. See graphic below about how Trump Republicans transferred wealth from average American households to the rich.

Trump signed tax law that gave 83% of benefits to the top 1%.

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Germany has a much lower murder rate than the USA. Also, Germany has better health indicators, and its healthcare cost per person is half US cost (all costs, public and private).

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US Republicans Voted Often to Kill Coverage of Pre-Existing Conditions. [80][81][82].

Medicare spends less than 2 percent on bureaucracy. 1.4% to be exact. See chart. We need Medicare for All. Nearly a third of our health care dollars go to something other than health care. See also:

Universal healthcare versus drug war. Canadian single-payer healthcare and Portuguese drug decriminalization

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9 Cost of criminal justice system in the USA
10 U.S. federal mandatory minimum sentences
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See: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate. See categories: Maps, and Charts and graphs. See: Current events and news. See: List of countries and U.S. states by incarceration rate.

The majority of people incarcerated in prisons and jails in the USA are in due to drug-related offenses, crimes to get money for drugs, or drug-related parole or probation violations. Wikipedia: Drug-related crime. The number of inmates in the USA has increased almost 5 times over since 1980. It peaked in 2008. Obama's Democrat landslide in 2008 turned the incarceration rate around. But the USA still has the highest incarceration rate of any nation (b c). The cost of the U.S. drug war is at least 1.5 trillion dollars. Cannabis is safer! Share link.

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Incarceration rates worldwide

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Prisoners per 100,000 population. Gray in the map means no data. See the Commons image page for sources and more info. See **List of countries by incarceration rate**. See template. Article: Compare incarceration rates.

The map may be old. The latest data is here: Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate.
From World Prison Brief. Incarceration rates are based on inmates in both prisons and jails.

USA timeline. Prison, jail, probation, parole

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**USA:** Peak of **7.3 million** people in **2007** under adult correctional supervision: On **probation** or **parole**, or **incarcerated** in **jail** or **prison.** About **3.2% of the U.S. adult population,** or **1 in every 31 adults.** More info **here.** See template.

Correctional Populations in the United States. By Bureau of Justice Statistics. See info.

Long timelines of U.S. incarceration

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See: Number incarcerated in the USA peaked in 2008‎.

November Coalition graph. Some Congressmen and police who prosecuted the War on Drugs now believe it caused a large increase in the United States incarceration rate. See Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, and larger chart with sources. See template. Incarceration peaked in 2008.

"I Was Wrong About the War on Drugs – It's a Failure". By Bob Barr (former Republican, former federal prosecutor, and former Congressman). June 11, 2008. AlterNet.
"The solution to the failed drug war". By Jack A. Cole of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). Sept. 13, 2008. Boston Globe.

**Obama** helped **turn around** the **Reagan-Bush War on Pot, mandatory minimums, mass incarceration.** See: **US incarceration peaked in 2008.**

See sourcing here. See **charts and maps.** Go here for latest incarceration rates for many nations. See Wikipedia list. See this category. Share link. See: **Number incarcerated in the USA peaked in 2008.**‎

People in prisons and jails for drug offences

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See main article: People in prisons and jails in the USA for drug-related crime.

See also: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate.

489,000 in 2013 (see chart below). For drug offenses alone.

Need to add in drug-related burglary, robbery, murder, etc..
All to get drug money, defend turf, etc..

The Sentencing Project News - Drug Policy.

In 2009 26.4% of those in federal and state prisons, or on probation or parole, were in due to drug offenses. Jail numbers are not included below.

Source: Prisons & Drug Offenders. Drug War Facts.

Cost of U.S. drug war

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Cost of U.S. drug war. Even $1.5 trillion dollars is conservative since many crimes are committed in order to get money for drugs. State prisons averaged $31,268 per inmate in 2010. See: Drug war causes high U.S. incarceration rate. See: Economics - Drug War Facts. See: 32 Reasons Why We Need To End The War On Drugs - Business Insider. See: The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition.

A Chart That Says the War on Drugs Isn't Working. By Serena Dai. *The Atlantic Wire*. 12 Oct 2012. "The numbers on this chart alone don't add up to $1.5 trillion, which represents a more inclusive count of drug control spending, with prison costs and state level costs determined by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, but instead to $800 billion." See: Cost of U.S. drug war. Share link.

USA. Adult and juvenile incarceration

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See also: Number incarcerated in the USA peaked in 2008.

The drug war causes the high U.S. incarceration rate.

USA and territories. 2,424,279 inmates in 2008. ...

In 2008 with less than 5% of world population the USA had 2.4 million of 9.8 million world prisoners (b). See latest numbers and World Prison Population List. The majority of inmates in the USA are in due to the drug war. The number of inmates in the USA has increased almost 5 times over since 1980. It peaked in 2008.

From U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. See template. See source info.

USA. Adult and juvenile inmate stats. Share link.

Source: Correctional Populations in the United States, 2013. See Appendix Table 2 in PDF. From U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Incarceration rate is per 100,000. See template. See juvenile detention numbers.

Cost of criminal justice system in the USA

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See main article: Cost of U.S. drug war.

Appendix Table 1. Total justice expenditures, 1982–2007. USA.
Real (inflation adjusted to 2007), and nominal dollars (unadjusted). $228 billion in 2007. Police, corrections, courts.
Year	Nominal dollars (in millions)	Real dollars (in millions)
1982	$35,842	$84,129
1987	58,871	114,484
1992	93,777	154,912
1997	129,793	189,463
2002	179,580	227,672
2007	227,563	227,563
Justice Expenditures and Employment, FY 1982-2007. NCJ 236218. U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).

$228 billion total in 2007 according to BJS data. $36 billion in 1982 (not adjusted for inflation). Detailed yearly costs timeline is **here** (scroll down). See inflation-adjusted chart. BJS is U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. The **majority of prisoners are incarcerated due to the drug war.** See **drug war charts and maps**. State prisons averaged **$31,286 per inmate** in 2010. See: Costs of U.S. drug war.

U.S. federal mandatory minimum sentences

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First mandatory minimums chart below is from an older FAMM report, "Correcting Course: Lessons from the 1970s Repeal of Mandatory Minimum Sentences". FAMM is Families Against Mandatory Minimums. [83]. See Wikipedia: Mandatory minimums. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 increased the amounts of crack cocaine required to trigger 5 and 10 year sentences. [84]. See revised charts since then. Share link to this page.

For charts of all federal mandatory minimums (not just for drug offenses), go here.