The War Against Drugs Has a Racist History
July 9, 2008
According to the Drug Policy Alliance, African Americans constitute 13 percent of all users of illegal drugs but they make up 35 percent of those arrested for drug possession, 55 percent of those convicted, and a whopping 74 percent of those sent to prison. The government and some other groups present figures which are not [...]
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