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		dllthomas on June 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules I was speaking of racial disparities in incarceration rates for marijuana possession, despite no similar disparity in usage rates. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/04/t...

lmm on June 29, 2015 [–]

That seems to be missing a comparison with dealing rates - aren't arrests mostly targeting dealers rather than users?

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