The War on Drugs - Second Thoughts by Many

A long chain of tweets in response to some from Alexandria Brown, an instagram influencer, on this. Points include: Didn't think drug abuse would get so bad. Thought treatment would work better. Didn't realize drug abuse would destroy people like it does. https://twitter.com/alexthechick/status/1691422798411894785

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