David Simon, creator of The Wire, says new US drug laws help only 'white, middle-class kids'

[MrSlayer]

3. Marijuana IS a million miles away from crack.

If he doesn't know this, he really doesn't know shit. And legal marijuana absolutely benefits the black community as well as the white. It'll cut down on the ridiculous amounts of marijuana possession arrests. And why does this guy think pot is a white drug and crack is a black drug? Crack is a poor man's drug, it's cheap. This dude should be talking about selling crack not smoking it. The problem with the drug war isn't putting users in jail, it's jailing dealers that have no other real way to make money. If my choice was working at McDonald's or slinging, you can bet your ass I'd be moving more rock than Barney Rubble. The problem is there are no real jobs for people anymore and when all this outsourcing bullshit started they closed all the factories in the black neighborhoods first. No one but professional gangsters sold dope back in the day, now it's almost a must in the ghetto if you want to eat half decently.

Ice Cube laid it all out back in '91. It hasn't gotten any better.