Admiral Rockwell Tory
Diamond Member
The Republican Party's ridiculous War on Drugs has been an excuse to jail young black and brown men in unprecedented numbers, while letting young white males off with wrist slaps.
Studies have routinely shown that while young white males use and sell drugs with the same frequency as non-whites, when caught, they are more likely to be let off with a warning than charged or jailed.
Before the war on drugs, there were 30,000 black men in federal prisons. Now, with the war on drugs and minimum sentencing, there are over 300,000.
It isn't Democratic policies that have destroyed black families. It's the War on Drugs.
If they are locked up, it makes it more difficult to sell drugs.
Not really. Drugs are available in prisons, which are among the most tightly controlled environments imaginable.
Prison drug use becoming harder and harder to control
Reading comprehension problems?
I said "If they are locked up, it makes it more difficult to sell drugs".
I don't see too many escapees down at the local schools selling drugs and then sneaking back into prison in time for roll call.
You also don’t see a lot of adults hanging around selling drugs at schools. Adults that hang around near the schools tend to be rousted by the cops as sex predators. What you see is one kid selling to another generally speaking. When you see it. The biggest drug that kids use is tobacco. Illegal to be sure, but I guess we could stop their smoking if we locked them up, at least smoking around other kids. Alcohol is second, and then other drugs are third with Marijuana leading the pack.
You don’t see a lot of heroine using kids, but hey, run whatever fantasy you want.
I was an assistant principal in a Florida high school. I think I know what I am talking about in that example. We had homes in the neighborhood that the drug dealers operated.