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Essay heading: Should the US End the War on Drugs?
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The war on drugs has shown that while communities with primarily people of color are heavily policed, and 1 in 4 African American males go to prison before the age of thirty, drug use in upper class white communities are not prosecuted.
It appears that what the war on drugs has accomplished is criminalizing the use and sale of drugs, overcrowding of prisons, billions of dollars spent, non-violent offenders turned into violent criminals because of their time incarcerated for drug offenses, and children of incarcerated parents becoming at risk for educational failure and delinquency... displayed 300 characters
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The war on drugs has shown that while communities with primarily people of color are heavily policed, and 1 in 4 African American males go to prison before the age of thirty, drug use in upper class white communities are not prosecuted.
It appears that what the war on drugs has accomplished is criminalizing the use and sale of drugs, overcrowding of prisons, billions of dollars spent, non-violent offenders turned into violent criminals because of their time incarcerated for drug offenses, and children of incarcerated parents becoming at risk for educational failure and delinquency... displayed next 300 characters
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