Former president Barack Obama boldly mentioned that the issue of drug abuse was seen through the eyes of the criminal justice system. This prison industrial system’s drug issue causes a ripple effect of people not being able to function or take control of their lives once again. Americans victims with opioid abuse disorder need this label in lieu of being referred as heroin junkies or addicts in order to softer the language to decrease the shame and negative stigma these victims receive. Unfortunately, America is still the world’s top consumer of illicit drugs. The word superpredator is a racist term that specifically pins and targets black children in the 1990s with the motive to locked them all up in order to protect the privileged white
