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Incarcerex - when the goin's get tough, take some drugs

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Posted by Films For Action on May. 27, 2008
2 min - Video - 2584 Views
A funny parody of the relentlessly silly drug commercials Big Pharma is always clogging up the airwaves with. Tell Congress it's time for a new bottom line in U.S. drug policy, one that focuses on reducing the problems associated with both drugs *and* the war on drugs. Take action at http://www.drugpolicy.org
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