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sadbear

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15. Not surprising at all.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 10:46 AM

Jan 2013

Just take a look at our prison population.

Hell, we just came to terms with the crack vs. powder cocaine law discrepancies recently.

I'm more interested in which older laws aren't somehow racially motivated or otherwise biased against some group as a whole.

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Retired Judge Reveals the Surprising Rationale for America's Extremist Drug Laws [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

Fascinating. So racism and anti-drug laws have gone together since 1875. tclambert Jan 2013 #1

Surprising to those who have paid no attention to the issue Fumesucker Jan 2013 #2

Cocaine use is the whole story of Porgy and Bess Demeter Jan 2013 #3

porgy and bess is one of my favs -- what voices! xchrom Jan 2013 #5

interesting article... Locrian Jan 2013 #4

it's well known that the modern "war on drugs" was a catchphrase cooked up in the Nixon Whitehouse greenman3610 Jan 2013 #6

Jello Biafra also Berlin Expat Jan 2013 #7

DURec. thanks for posting xchrom Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 #8

And then there's this...."Secret ties between CIA, drugs revealed"..... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #9

i can't recommend the book "Dark Alliance" enough frylock Jan 2013 #18

You know what? I don't care. randome Jan 2013 #10

REALLY!? Less drugs goes without saying, that's not the point of the OP though uponit7771 Jan 2013 #16

Some of us can imagine how much we would benefit from less guns Fumesucker Jan 2013 #23

The same may be said of Prohibition malthaussen Jan 2013 #11

Yep, I think class also plays a part OnionPatch Jan 2013 #17

while making money on the product whether it's legal or illegal. drugs = income source, power HiPointDem Jan 2013 #22

In all honesty its not surprising or a new revelation kydo Jan 2013 #12

I believe; greiner3 Jan 2013 #13

Isn't this what Jesse Jackson pointed out with the different penalties between powder Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #14

Not surprising at all. sadbear Jan 2013 #15

Just like Alcohol Prohibtion had racist underpinnings. MicaelS Jan 2013 #19

Andrew Sinclair makes many of the same points... malthaussen Jan 2013 #21

Anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #20