Crack cocaine

that may have played in the subject matter. Specifically, the shift seen during in drug of choice by consumers away from crack cocaine and toward marijuana. The author concludes that while drug patterns may explain a reduction in certain types of crime it cannot be connected to every category of crime in which the reduction is seen. Conklin discusses the change in use of crack cocaine as a possible factor for a decline in murder and robbery rates but not in burglary or motor vehicle theft.…

Judge Cassell, someone who the court entrusted to uphold the law, had the power of dealing fair justice taken away from him. Paul Cassell has also said, ““If he had been an aircraft hijacker, he would have gotten 24 years in prison. If he’s been a terrorist, he would have gotten 20 years in prison. If he was a child rapist, he would have gotten 11 years in prison. And now I’m supposed to give him a 55-year sentence? I mean, that’s just not right” (Pitts, Jesko, and Effron). The case of Weldon…

Too Hard to Believe: The New Jim Crow:Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow would be the other word that describes the part of time where many African American people did not have their rights and were living a life that made them feel like they are nothing. The New Jim Crow has been known between everyone because of its importance to our lives. Michelle Alexander who is an associate professor of law at the Ohio State University, a civil right advocate and a writer,…

“selling 5 grams of crack, will serve a minimum of five years in prison. A first-time peddler of powder cocaine would have to sell 500 grams to receive the same sentence” (Benavie 332). Both drugs are categorized as schedule II drugs, but it is striking in how the amount differs between the two. Benavie writes, “This 100 to 1 punishment disparity between two forms of the same substance is widely seen as racist, since most crack dealers are African American, while peddlers of powder crack are…

addiction and homelessness is complex and controversial. Many people who are addicted to alcohol and drugs never become homeless, but people who are poor and addicted are clearly at increased risk of homelessness. People addicted to crack, a concentrated form of cocaine; typically spend at least $200 a day of the drug, and heroin addicts spend…

narcotics or cocaine. In 1937, the Marijuana Tax Act criminalized possession of cannabis and put it under the regulation of the Drug Enforcement Agency. In the 1960’s, it was popular among college students and hippies and became a symbol of rebellion. The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 made cannabis a Schedule 1 drug, putting it on par with cocaine or heroin and classifying it as having a high potential for abuse and zero medical applicability. Through the 1980’s, authorities continued to…

2005:419). While the increase in the same twenty year period for white drug offenders only increased from 350 to 463 per 100,000 (Beckett, et. al, 2005:419).The war on drugs focuses on Crack Cocaine, the only drug that is predominately used by African Americans while the drugs Marijuana, Heroin, Meth, powder/intranasal cocaine are all primarily used by white individuals (Beckett, et. al, 2005:428). A Seattle precinct captain, who was responsible for a predominately white area, reported outdoor…

of people in the US that abuse meth is around 1.4 million. Meth is a very easy drug to get and it is very cheap so it is easy for people to become addicted and abuse this drug. Cocaine is a drug that is made from the South American cocoa plant. Cocaine can be used as a local anesthesia so it has some medicinal uses. Cocaine is usually snorted, mixed…

A Rhetorical Analysis on Pete Hamill’s “Crack and the Box” For numerous years, the use of drugs has been reprimanded by many and those who do use drugs have been outcast by society. It is also interesting that with the rising use of technology, those who use technology in excess tend to also be outcast by others. Rarely is there a connection made between both drugs and television. In Pete Hamill’s “Crack and the Box”, he draws many similarities between those who use drugs and children who have…

onto more unpleasant actions towards blacks by lynching and stating that blacks were “separate but equal”. Also, the documentary succeeded in showing how the War on Drugs really was a war on colored communities since crack cocaine was more common in these communities than powder cocaine; this showcased the reason for more colored individuals being in prison that white individuals. Regarding the 13th did not fail in its attempt to persuade me that this country is full of lies and slow…