[j_m_b]

Few in the media have the courage to state the obvious, end the drug war. A call for the end of the drug war irritates too many governmental and private sector interests and points the finger on exactly what is to blame. Bringing up racism, economic issues, police brutality, crime, etc. allows the blame to be spread, appeals to popular sensibilities and muddles the real issue.

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I think you have the causality backwards. We have a drug war because we have racism. We don't have racism because we have a drug war. Look up the history of the heroin and marijuana laws... it's depressing.