#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #DrugOffenses

"White people are more likely than Black and Latinx people to sell drugs, and the races consume drugs at similar rates. Yet African Americans are far more likely than Whites to be jailed for drug offenses."

Ibram X Kendi

'Punitive Enforcement Does Not Save Lives, or Reduce Drug Supply'
#drugoffenses
https://fair.org/home/punitive-enforcement-does-not-save-lives-or-reduce-drug-supply/

There are no simplistic answers to our desires to alter our consciousness. We’ve been doing so as long as recorded history and we will continue to do so as long as we have stress in our lives!

What Comes Next for the #WaronDrugs? The Beginning of the End?

The nation’s five-decade war on drugs has been a #dismalfailure. #Overdosedeaths have reached and then surpassed extreme levels in recent years, and the number of people who are still in #prison for #drugoffenses

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/opinion/drug-crisis-addiction.html