Ever wonder where all this law and order rhetoric comes from or why Black and Hispanic incarceration rates are so much higher than those of other races (in America)? Join us as we dig deep into our history with the War on Drugs and try to answer these questions, and more, together. As always, there's more to the story than you may think.
Check out the following links for more information:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/war-on-drugs
https://www.vox.com/2016/5/8/18089368/war-on-drugs-marijuana-cocaine-heroin-meth
https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/four-decades-counting-continued-failure-war-drugs
https://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/race-and-drug-war
https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/
https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/mass-incarceration
https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx