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Joe Biden should end the failed War on Drugs like he just ended the war in Afghanistan

What Joe Biden just did in Afghanistan was necessary, but sloppy as hell. Still, I'd be just fine if he ended the War on Drugs cold turkey at home like he just did 7,000 miles away.

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Shaun King
Aug 19, 2021
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Joe Biden at press conference discussing the end of the war in Afghanistan (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The war in Afghanistan was a complete disaster. It was a disaster with George W. Bush, with Barack Obama, with Donald Trump, and it was clearly still a disaster with Joe Biden. The whole thing was a colossal waste of trillions of dollars and…

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