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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1189063" data-attributes="member: 44954">The non-violent crimes are almost always drug offenses.&nbsp; The disparity between black and white usually boils down to the quality of the drugs they can afford.&nbsp; For example:A poor person buys an ounce of cannabis for 60 bucks.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is last year&#039;s schwag, ditch, mexican brick, trash weed. A rich person buys an 1/2 ounce of cannabis for 240 bucks.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is high grade, indoor grown, hydroponic, dank weed.Because the poor person had an ounce, he is sent to prison, and later cannot get a job.&nbsp; Because the rich person only had an 1/2 ounce, he is given a citation, and later has an attorney get it removed from his record altogether.The rich person is putting more money into the illegal drug trade, getting higher, for a longer period of time, but has fewer consequences for his actions.Both are criminals, but there is a huge disparity in regards to the consequences for their crimes.Crack vs. powder cocaine is an even worse disparity, do your own research.It is not as simple as just saying, do the crime pay the time, because the crimes are the same, but the times are different.Drug laws are inherently flawed. Poor people, who are often disproportionately black, are the ones who are hurt the most by the prohibitions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1189063, member: 44954"] The non-violent crimes are almost always drug offenses. The disparity between black and white usually boils down to the quality of the drugs they can afford. For example: A poor person buys an ounce of cannabis for 60 bucks. It is last year's schwag, ditch, mexican brick, trash weed. A rich person buys an 1/2 ounce of cannabis for 240 bucks. It is high grade, indoor grown, hydroponic, dank weed. Because the poor person had an ounce, he is sent to prison, and later cannot get a job. Because the rich person only had an 1/2 ounce, he is given a citation, and later has an attorney get it removed from his record altogether. The rich person is putting more money into the illegal drug trade, getting higher, for a longer period of time, but has fewer consequences for his actions. Both are criminals, but there is a huge disparity in regards to the consequences for their crimes. Crack vs. powder cocaine is an even worse disparity, do your own research. It is not as simple as just saying, do the crime pay the time, because the crimes are the same, but the times are different. Drug laws are inherently flawed. Poor people, who are often disproportionately black, are the ones who are hurt the most by the prohibitions. [/QUOTE]

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