The Racial Angle On American Drug Laws

…The racial fallout from our drug laws has persevered. In her article, The Discrimination Inherent in America’s Drug War, Kathleen R. Sandy reported in 2003 that black Americans then constituted approximately 12 percent of our country’s population and 13 percent of drug users. Nevertheless, they accounted for 33 percent of all drug-related arrests, 62 percent of drug-related convictions and 70 percent of drug-related incarcerations….

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/retired-judge-reveals-surprising-rationale-americas-extremist-drug-laws