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The War on Drugs is not a novel concept. Although the push for drug prohibition hasn’t wavered much in 100 years, the various arguments supporting prohibition have changed drastically to suit the contemporary political climate. Imagine a politician campaigning on a platform of “prohibit marijuana so whites don’t sleep with blacks.” Right? Think of that…