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    Pot acceptable? Not for young and nonwhite

    Pot is indeed flourishing in the mainstream as never before, but the sometimes giddy discussion overlooks a sinister parallel phenomenon: More people are being arrested for pot crimes than ever; they are increasingly young and disproportionately nonwhite.

    • Thu Nov 5 11:29 am, 2009
    • views: 352
    • from: Danko
    • category: news

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darkcycle

Nov 5 2009, 1:40 pm

Well, nice point. I'm afraid it's a moot one, after all- all pot laws are and always have been aimed primarily at non-whites. From the Brownsville, Texas ordinance of 1909 (aimed at Hispanics) to today. Policies like "Drug Court", which should be re-titled 'treatment court', funnel wealthy white kids around the criminal system, while condemning non-white, poor and rural kids to a life of second-class citizenship. Just another example among hundreds. Grist for the prison mill.

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