“Over the past 40 years the war on drugs has cost more than $1 trillon and accounted for more than 45 million arrests” - (NAACP) Schools are like prisons, the war on drugs is just a saying to arrest people, and the Durg law is unfair for anyone and I want to show why it’s that and why it should change. The school systems are like prison. We follow rules, most of our privileges are taken away from us and if we disobey the orders that they give us we get punished. Also, drug laws are unfair for only color people, if a white person gets arrested for having drugs on them and end up getting a shorter sentence than some other people. The “ drug war” was just a saying for police to arrest people that they encounter. One of the texts that illustrates
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“The war on drugs had been a failure practically, morally, and economically. The results of this law enforcement approach are stark. More than 500,000 people incarcerated for drug offenses; billions of dollars are spent annually on narcotics enforcement; treatment is still out of reach millions of people.” - facts (House I Live In) film While they’re arresting and focusing on arresting drug dealers they’re not focussing on the real crimes that are happening on the streets. The war on drugs is just what the U.S use just to end up arresting any type of person that they see on the streets. As many people may see things different from their eyes than what I see from my view. But, I’m not the only one that also sees this, and it has to be stopped. The school systems are like prisons, we follow rules, most of our privileges are taken away from us and, if we disobey we get punished. Also, drugs laws are unfair for any people of color. If a white person gets arrested for drugs reasons they get a shorter sentenced than an African American. And, the “war on drugs” was just a saying to just arrest people. Schools are starting to act like a prison, ordering us as a prisoner to obey their rules. The drug laws are unfair and should be changed with-out any other reasons to not change it and,
“The war on drugs had been a failure practically, morally, and economically. The results of this law enforcement approach are stark. More than 500,000 people incarcerated for drug offenses; billions of dollars are spent annually on narcotics enforcement; treatment is still out of reach millions of people.” - facts (House I Live In) film While they’re arresting and focusing on arresting drug dealers they’re not focussing on the real crimes that are happening on the streets. The war on drugs is just what the U.S use just to end up arresting any type of person that they see on the streets. As many people may see things different from their eyes than what I see from my view. But, I’m not the only one that also sees this, and it has to be stopped. The school systems are like prisons, we follow rules, most of our privileges are taken away from us and, if we disobey we get punished. Also, drugs laws are unfair for any people of color. If a white person gets arrested for drugs reasons they get a shorter sentenced than an African American. And, the “war on drugs” was just a saying to just arrest people. Schools are starting to act like a prison, ordering us as a prisoner to obey their rules. The drug laws are unfair and should be changed with-out any other reasons to not change it and,