Al on America: on Drugs


Something wrong with mandatory time for drug users

The priority [in the War on Drugs] seems to be to lock up the low-level guys, many under federal mandatory drug sentencing laws who are caught with a small quantity of crack. Now, I don’t condone the actions of that guy, but why should he spend a minimum of 5 to 10 years in jail for a small quantity of crack the size of a “Sweet ‘N Low” packet, while the drug lord doesn’t face any mandatory time? There’s something wrong with that picture.

The war on drugs must be fought at a higher level. We have to use trade leverage to go after the countries that produce the drugs-who openly allow drugs to be in their economy-and put them out of business.

Perhaps the reason why the US doesn’t go after the real drug lords and the real drug producers and sellers is because it would be bad business on both ends. We make money with the countries that produce the drugs, and we make money by sending the low-level drug criminal to jail for a long time.

Source: Al On America, by Rev. Al Sharpton, p. 130-31 Jan 1, 2002

  • The above quotations are from Al on America, by Reverend Al Sharpton with Karen Hunter.
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