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*Apply the 10th Amendment to allow states to make marijuana legal
*Bans on marijuana discriminates against lower income levels/ higher levels of incarceration among poor children than wealthy children
*In addition to ending the over-criminalization of marijuana, Paul has risen awareness of an important issue among drug-related incarcerations, war on drugs has unintentionally had a racial outcome: "Even though whites used drugs at the same rate as black kids, the prisons are full of black kids and brown kids. There are Republicans trying to correct this injustice." - Paul
*Supports community treatment rather than federal anti-drug programs
*Favors legalizing medical marijuana
