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C-Walker tell me why America's laws on drug use differ from minorities (usually more harsh) and Whites (usually a slap on the wrist)?America The Beautiful?
Quote from: westcoastcavalier on April 03, 2003, 09:45:44 AMC-Walker tell me why America's laws on drug use differ from minorities (usually more harsh) and Whites (usually a slap on the wrist)?America The Beautiful?The drug laws don't differ between minorities and whites, they differ between crack and powder cocaine. The reason is because crack cocaine was as epidemic that completely devestated inner cities when it was introduced in the 1980's. It led to tons of violence and crime and resulted in complete chaos and destruction for alot of neighborhoods. So in response the authorities ended up creating stiffer penalties for people who sell crack cocaine in an effort to stop this. Maybe the laws should be changed so that crack and powder cocaine sentencing are the same, I don't know.LOL, why did you come up with this topic out of the blue and address it to me?