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By creating false environment of a war on drugs, and cruel and unusual punishment with these crimes, 50% of our U.S. population is in jail without having hurt anybody, mostly for drugs.

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Oliver Stone
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: September 15
Actor
Film Director
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New York City
New York
William Oliver Stone
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