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Drug Policy Alliance Blog: Why a Drug Policy Organization Needs to Speak Out Against White Supremacy

Drug Policy Alliance
Source: drugpolicy.org

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 17, 2017

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By: Megan Farrington

The drug war is a tool of racial oppression.

We see this in racial disparities in arrest and incarceration rates for drug offenses that exist even though white people and people of color use and sell drugs at about the same rates.

We see it in the way stop-and-frisk policies have been used to target communities of color.

We see it in the way allegations…

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