The Drug War Sends White People Into Treatment, While Black People Get Felonies
StoptheDrugWar.org
Chronicle Blog
Scott Morgan
10/21/2008
National drug policy blog picks up what’s happening in Cleveland.
This Cleveland Plain-Dealer story just completely blows the lid off the inherent racism of the war on drugs. Reporter Bob Paynter pulled out all the stops, digging through court records to demonstrate how people of color receive harsher punishments than white defendants for the same drug crimes.