FOOD FOR THOUGHT: SHOULD THE WAR ON DRUGS BE ENDED? (1378 hits)
In her best-selling book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," Michelle Alexander argues that the nation's trillion-dollar "War on Drugs" and "tough on crime" political rhetoric have resulted in mass incarceration that, coupled with race-based policing, has disproportionately affected minorities, especially black men. Most are imprisoned on non-violent drug charges, and the bulk of those are marijuana violations.
In New Orleans, one out of every 14 black men is behind bars; one in seven is either in prison, on parole or on probation.
1.MARJUANA IS THE HIGHST PAYING CROP IN CA. 2. MORE MONEY GOES INTO PAYINF TO HAVE PRISONS HERE THAN SCHOOLS. 3. THE ONES REALLY IN CHARGE OF ALL OF THIS DRUGS HAVE SO MANY LAYERS OF PROTECTION BETWEEN TEHM AND ANYONE GETTING TO WHERE THEY AE AT THE TOP OF THIS GAME UNTIL...WELL LETS SAY LOBBY 'MONEY' TALKS AND BULL (THE POOR)WALKS" STRAIGHT INTO PRISON! LOL!!! (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
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