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# Pernicious Infusion: How Racism Pervades the Drug War, Both Foreign and Domestic 

People cannot be incarcerated simply because of their race or ethnic origin. They can be incarcerated for possessing or using a substance that other people have associated with that race or ethnic origin.

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