Obama Backs Crack-Powder Cocaine Equalization at Today's Hearing

Watermarx said:
If the perception of massively increased addiction potential is mainly based off of hysteria flamed by racism, then yes, it is a valid argument for equalization or at least reduction of the 100:1 ratio.
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i agree, if....

but i have yet to see evidence the law is inherently racist, if you have any i would be interested to see it. i don't agree with changing a law simply because a certain race happens to break it more.
 
Ahahahaha, how many suits got arrested in the 80's for cocaine use? You probably don't remember the 80's, you were in diapers. American Psycho pretty much tells the tale of how popular coke was on Wall Street and yet, it wasn't those boys filling up the jails. It amazes me how people can't see that the law is blind to white folks' white color crime.
 
froggie said:
Ahahahaha, how many suits got arrested in the 80's for cocaine use? You probably don't remember the 80's, you were in diapers. American Psycho pretty much tells the tale of how popular coke was on Wall Street and yet, it wasn't those boys filling up the jails. It amazes me how people can't see that the law is blind to white folks' white color crime.
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huh? people with money almost always do less time, regardless of color, the only color that truly seems to matter is..............GREEN
 
Yurt said:
why are you asking me? what is your point? are you suggesting that even though they have the color of green, black people are still somehow treated unfairly at the green level?
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It was rhetorical; because you were correct.
People with money (green) always do less time then those who don't.
This has nothing to do with black vs white.

Until someone shows me that people are just gettin off, because of the color of their skin; I'll stick with the idea that it's because of their long term behavior.
 
Watermarx said:
Apparently there is a bit of debate on whether or not crack is more addictive that powder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine#Addiction

Crack cocaine is popularly thought to be the most addictive form of cocaine,[1] and one of the most addictive forms of any drug[1]. However, this claim has been contested: Morgan and Zimmer wrote that available data indicated that "...smoking cocaine by itself does not increase markedly the likelihood of dependence.... The claim that cocaine is much more addictive when smoked must be reexamined."[9] They argued that cocaine users who are already prone to abuse are most likely to "move toward a more efficient mode of ingestion" (that is, smoking).
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crack in cheaper than coke, and since both substances leave the user wanting more, it's leads to crack being more addictive as it's cheaper to get the next fix.

Oh and lol at your claims the crack down on, well, crack was somehow subtle racism.
 
The crack epidemic refers to the surge of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_house"]crack houses[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine"]crack cocaine[/ame] use in major cities in the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]United States[/ame] between 1984 and 1990. Fallout from the crack epidemic included a huge surge in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction"]addiction[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness"]homelessness[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder"]murder[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft"]theft[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbery"]robbery[/ame], and long-term [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisonment"]imprisonment[/ame].

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic[/ame]
 
Some scholars have cited the crack "epidemic" as an example of a moral panic, noting that the explosion in use and trafficking of the drug actually occurred after the media coverage of the drug as an "epidemic." [4]
 
In some major cities, such as [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City"]New York[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia"]Philadelphia[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston"]Houston[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles"]Los Angeles[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit"]Detroit[/ame], one dosage unit of crack could be obtained for as little as US$2.50. Never before had any form of cocaine been available at such low prices and at such high purity


In 1985, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine"]cocaine[/ame]-related hospital [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_emergency"]emergencies[/ame] rose by 12 percent, from 23,500 to 26,300. In 1986, they increased 110 percent, from 26,300 to 55,200. Between 1984 and 1987, cocaine incidents increased fourfold.
 
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