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Chipping at tough crack sentencing

By Dr. Michael Blankenship

Laws were ineffective and the drug's ravages overblown, experts say.read more | digg storyWe can learn a great deal about a society by studying "social artifacts" such as its legal code and its practices. The so-called "war on drugs" in U.S. society is a classic example.The history of attempts to control drug usage is marked by specific polices targeting groups seen as threats to the community. The on-going controversy over crack cocaine is a continuation of this trend.The war on drugs has been, and will continue to be, a dismal failure. Part of the problem is the approach. Crime, and especially drug crime, is a condition, not a problem. The criminal justice system frequently makes the condition worse. That is the sad history of drug enforcement...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on December 30, 2007 (boomark / email).