Drug Abuse Statistics: The War on Drugs is a War on Minorities and the Poor

Drug Abuse Statistics: The War on Drugs Is a War on Minorities and the Poor

Drug Abuse Statistics: The War on Drugs is a War on Minorities and the Poor
Dr. Boyce Watkins cites some troubling statistics on the War on Drugs over at The Huffington Post:African-Americans are 62 percent of drug offenders sent to state prisons, yet they represent only 12 percent of the U. S. population.Black men are sent to state prisons on drug charges at 13 times the rate of White men.Drug transactions among Blacks are easier for police to target because they more …
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Drug Abuse Statistics: Wheat Ridge doctor faces drug charges over alleged “pill mill”
Dr. Kevin Clemmer, a Jefferson County osteopath, is facing more than 50 federal criminal counts of distributing oxycodone — a synthetic opiate similar to heroin — “outside the scope of professional practice.”
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