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Steve Alford (politician)

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the African-Americans, they were basically users and they basically responded the worst to those drugs just because of their character makeup, their genetics and that. And so basically what we're trying to do is we're trying to do a complete reverse, with people not remembering what has happened in the past.
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Basically any way you say it, marijuana is an entry drug into the higher drugs. What you really need to do is go back in the '30s, when they outlawed all types of drugs in Kansas and across the United States. What was the reason why they did that? One of the reasons why, I hate to say it, was that
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In 2018 he stated to an audience with reportedly no black members present that marijuana should not be legalised because of African-Americans' genetics and character make up.
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Alford resigned from committee leadership positions on January 9, 2018, following controversy surrounding these statements.
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Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
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"Representative Steve Alford | Legislators | Kansas State Legislature"
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"Kansas state rep: Black people 'responded the worst' to marijuana because of 'their genetics'"
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