EXCUSE ME?!..The OFFICIAL Bernie Sanders For President 2016 Thread

MuyLocoNC

MuyLocoNC

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Padawanbater2 said:
I believe the racial issues we're facing as a country coincide directly with the war on drugs. Instead of affecting minorities directly, like Jim Crow & "separate but equal", we criminalize the drugs blacks use (that are chemically identical to the drugs whites use at the same rate whites use them), thereby ensuring longer criminal convictions for black citizens who are supposed to enjoy equal protection under the bill of rights. You know, that sacred document of our forefathers..
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While I'm far more in line with liberal views on legalization, I don't see the odious intent of sending minorities to jail for longer sentences in those laws. As with a vast majority of all legislation, I see well-intentioned dogoodery with negative repercussions. I'm not in a good position to argue on the cocaine/crack issue as I have zero experience with either. However, since you took the time to lay it out, I'll respond.

It doesn't surprise me that crack is penalized more in the current system. John Q. Public and myself believe (erroneously?) that crack is more dangerous/addictive than cocaine. If I had to schedule drugs using that as the barometer, I would do the same. Race doesn't enter in to it, at all. Shit, you have "enlightened" states and lawmakers legalizing marijauna all over the country, yet they still criminalize hash. The war on drugs is misguided, not racist.

I'll try to get to your other question later, I have to get my son to his boxing session. Only four more days until we drop him off at the most physically demanding senior military college/service academy in the country.
 
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