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Michigan U.S. Rep Rashida Tlaib: "Black people are nearly four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people,..."

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Rashida Tlaib tweeted the following:

"Black people are nearly four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people, despite using marijuana at similar rates.
Decriminalize marijuana. End the racist War on Drugs."
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Here are other recent tweets from Rashida Tlaib:

"Today the extremist right wing government of Israel violently attacked the city of Nablus, leaving 82 Palestinians shot & bringing the 2023 death toll to 61, including 13 children.
Until the U.S. stops funding this apartheid government, it will enable more death & destruction." on Feb. 22
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"This week I joined SW Detroiters speaking out against giving the Morouns more land without community benefits and protections. Their record of displacement and illegal acts shows we cant trust them as a good neighbor. We must do more to protect communities from corporate greed." on Feb. 22
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".@POTUS has one chance left to help save Americas Western Arctic and reverse course on the massive Willow oil and gas project. I urge the Biden administration make the right choice and put our countrys future over Big Oils profits. #StopWillow
nytimes.com/2023/02/01/cli" on Feb. 22
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