Sam Seder
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Kansas Lawmaker Stupidly Claims Blacks Abuse Pot Because It's 'In Their Character'
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January 10, 2018
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6:15Now PlayingIn this Majority Report clip, we watch Kansas state Rep. Steve Alford explain why Kansas doesn't want legal weed.
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---A white Kansas state lawmaker arguing against the legalization of marijuana suggested that it and other drugs were originally outlawed in part because blacks were predisposed to abusing drugs because of their "character makeup - their genetics and that." State Rep. Steve Alford, a 75-year-old Republican from Ulysses in the state's southwestern corner, apologized Monday for remarks he made Saturday during a public meeting at a hospital in Garden City. One NAACP leader called Alford "an idiot" over the remarks.
At the meeting, Alford referenced a time in the 1930s when marijuana was prohibited. The Garden City Telegram first reported on the statement Monday and posted a video of it to YouTube.---
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