Monday, April 27, 2015

Post Freddie-Gray: Let's Start...

Start with a revolution on this war on drugs and decriminalize all drugs. Freddie Gray was charged over a dozen times with narcotics possession which meant each of those times he had to deal with cops.  Look it, I don’t do “illegal” drugs myself nor would I ever but no matter how you want to slice it drug possession and drug use is both non-violent and does not infringe upon the rights of others. This should be enough of an argument, but dig further and fact is 5 times as many white people are using drugs as blacks, yet black people are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of white people so the entire system is biased at its core.  Looking at Portugal as an example of a country that decriminalized all drugs 14 years ago, the country has shown promise. http://mic.com/articles/110344/14-years-after-portugal-decriminalized-all-drugs-here-s-what-s-happening

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