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“The war on drugs is a war against the communities” (Holly Near). In 1971, President Nixon called a war on drugs. Since then, millions of people have been incarcerated for drug offenses. The U.S. Prison System has used the “war on drugs” as an excuse to lock up millions of people in the U.S. Targeted drug laws, unfair enforcement of drug use, and drug sentencing disparities are all major issues that need to be addressed. People are getting targeted for drugs. One of the texts that illustrates this is an article that states that most of the people who were arrested for smoking in public were black. “In DC, in 2015, the year private recreational use was legalized, 108 of the 128 arrests for smoking in public were of black people... Most
“The war on drugs is a war against the communities” (Holly Near). In 1971, President Nixon called a war on drugs. Since then, millions of people have been incarcerated for drug offenses. The U.S. Prison System has used the “war on drugs” as an excuse to lock up millions of people in the U.S. Targeted drug laws, unfair enforcement of drug use, and drug sentencing disparities are all major issues that need to be addressed. People are getting targeted for drugs. One of the texts that illustrates this is an article that states that most of the people who were arrested for smoking in public were black. “In DC, in 2015, the year private recreational use was legalized, 108 of the 128 arrests for smoking in public were of black people... Most