Raul Acosta on Drugs

Drug use is a cultural problem

Q: Drugs are immoral: enforce more laws against them?

A: Let's look at why the majority of people in prison are drug sellers, users, or criminals associated with drugs. What does this say about our culture?

Source: E-mail exchange between OnTheIssues and the candidate Oct 5, 2004

Jails filled with victims of drug use

Q: On the War on Drugs: increase spending or decrease spending?

A: Change the terminology. The victims of drug use are overcrowding our jail systems. We have over 1 million prisoners...1 million! That's disgusting.

Source: E-mail exchange between OnTheIssues and the candidate Oct 5, 2004

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