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It might be a byproduct outside the US, but it certainly isn't one inside the US, which is the point of my comment.
by joesmo 12y ago
It might be a byproduct outside the US, but it certainly isn't one inside the US, which is the point of my comment.
- mc32 12y agoI don't think someone said, how do we suppress black people? Oh, let's criminalize drugs. I believe, as most things which go badly, they start out with good intentions, but it snowballs, and has unintended consequences. In towns with black mayors or black police forces, judges, etc., people still believe that drugs are a scourge and anyone involved in it needs to be corrected. It's not a white conspiracy, it's people's genuine belief drugs add to undesirable behavior and want to lessen it. I think this attitude stems from people's religious upbringing, believing addiction is a fall from grace, some personal failure. I think as a society we're beginning to realize that this infatuation with punishing addicts is counterproductive. And the real enemy is poverty. If you address poverty and allow people to earn a decent wage, you'll have a better society, fewer social problems, more social cohesion and more bonhommie.