After reading the following article that i found today, I couldn't help but cheer. for the past couple years i've been saying essentially the same thing. Unfortunately, it seems as though no one truly listens to what i say. What could i possibly know? I know that there is excellent information like this publication that helps back up my opinions and beliefs.
It's unfortunate that it has taken this many years for information like this to finally be pushed to the forefront of news. The more i learned about disparities like these over the years, the more frustrated i have become both politically and socially with my surroundings. What's truly sad is that a vast majority of people both ignore the facts which have been stated and believe that this is "bad for society because crack is evil". People in general turn a blind eye to the facts and resort to the 30 second sound bites on the 10pm news.
Right now i find it difficult to avoid saying the obvious "i told you so" that i'm implying here. It's important that people learn from the injustices that have been committed over the past 20 years and strive to move forward. We can't change the past but we have the ability to write our future. The laws have not been changed as of yet but this is a huge step in the right direction.
Recently the Federal Sentencing Guidelines have been overturned. Now the media is finally questioning the disparity in some of the drug laws. Change doesn't happen over night but it feels mighty good when you look around and see progress has been accomplished.
1 comment:
It's definitely an inequality in the law. I, of course, tend to feel the whole issue is pointless. I believe laws ought to exist which illegalize violations of others' individual freedoms, whether or not they be drug-induced (or otherwise incited by [in]direct involvement with drugs).
Ironically, this type of inequiality of law (injustice), whether it be based in ignorance or otherwise, illustrates exactly why I (and others) feel this way..
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