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John Erlichman concedes the War on Drugs
was targeting the Hippies and the Blacks
the propaganda painting them as "thugs"
was just the least of Tricky Dick's attacks
he's gone, but Dick's campaign still maims and kills
and feeds the bloated prison industry
their lobbyists infest Capitol Hill
to guard their jobs by writing policy
economies can't run on those in jail
they don't produce and cannot innovate
their swelling ranks explain Why Nations Fail
and most--once out--too soon recidivate
we criminalized booze and paid the price
for making mobsters wealthy on our vice