Drugs are not a black issue

We need to stop talking about drugs like it's a black issue. It's not. According to the Office Of National Drug Control Policy (www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov) in 2004 the DEA arrested 22,245 whites compared to 3,527 blacks. Also, in 2006 drug abuse violations on the state and local levels were 63.6% white compared to 35.1% black. The US Marshalls arresting people for the same reason report 66.1% of whites were arrested to just 31% of blacks. We've let ourselves be convinced that they are plaguing our streets more than anyone else's. We say drugs are killing us. Please do something. So they make tougher laws that are not needed and police begin to openly racially profile, then everyone's pissed. I guarantee you that most druggies in America aren't crack users, which would eliminate the majority of black drug users; furthermore, the only black people that I know that have used drugs other than crack or heavier than weed have gotten them from white people.

Drugs are an American problem. The sooner that we make them realize that, the better off we'll be. What I would like to see are statistics that are based on economics rather than race. I would like to know how many arrests there were for individuals that household made less than $30,000/year, then $60,000/year, and then over $100,000/year. Then I would like to see percentages on the same econimic criteria for those that were convicted, those that were in a treatment facility, those that had a public defender, and the lengths of the sentences. Most off all though, I would like to see the restructuring of our entire drug policy, because it's pretty stupid. How a person can go to jail for weed and not go for liquor is kind of retarded to me, and I don't smoke.



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