Why the War on Drugs is Racist BULLSHIT

Criminalizing drugs is probably one of the dumbest things that lawmakers have ever done in all of American history. They created an enormous social ill and set up a scenario where someone puffing on a joint goes to jail for years. That makes LESS room in jail for actual criminals. (Murderers, Rapists, Robbers, ex-politicians, Bernie Madoff, et al.) No, building more prisons is NOT the answer to that problem.

By the way, the bit about 'Cocaine-crazed Negroes' was about Black dockworkers in New Orleans using cocaine as a stimulant. They worked 18 hours a day (or more) loading and unloading cargo, which is backbreaking work. Instead of sending them to jail, why didn't someone just introduce them to coffee instead? That 'stimulant' has always been quite legal and popular...

- Lord Publius