NotesIf the War on Drugs didnât directly precipitate the Welfare State and the destruction of the American black family, why did welfare aid to families spike in lockstep with our prison population right as that War started? Well, if youâre familiar American drug laws, it shouldnât surprise you that some 90% of those arrested under the Rockefeller Drug Laws in the years after its passage were minorities.Unfurl
Notes"This is a profoundly necessary idea. If weâre to begin to roll back our stupid and deadly drug war, the stigma of responsible drug use has got to end, and marijuana is the best place to start. The super-savvy Barack Obama managed to turn a buck by coming out of the cannabis (and cocaine) closet in a bestselling memoir. Thatâs progress. But his admission came with the politiciansâ caveat of regret. Weâll make real progress when solid, upstanding folk come out of the cannabis closet, heads held high."Unfurl
Notes"Now I am being seen as one of those drug users, perhaps an addict, perhaps a dealer, one can't be sure. In the matter of a second, I became powerless, whatever I said wasn't going to be taken seriously. I was labeled, sorted and disposed of. Dismissed."Unfurl
Notes"When Lester exercised his constitutional right not to sign a consent to search his house, these officers spent the next two hours torturing him."Unfurl