Hmm, maybe the reason so many black and brown people are in jail for drug crimes is that they sell their lives and freedom for so little? Or maybe it is the easiest conviction to get, so is the go to for prosecutors?
Wouldn’t the better solution be to encourage black and brown people to respect themselves, others, and the law?
Oh, right, libertarians of today don’t believe in personal responsibility and respect of others.
Just out of curiosity, has the drug trade ceased in Colorado and Washington? Has petty crime related to the drug trade gone down? Wasn’t that the claims made when prohibition of harmless drugs were repealed?
In reality black problems are due to generally low intelligence creating a lack of foresight, plus poor impulse control which overrides any foresight that does come to the individual. There is a real horror in facing biological limits in our Society.
Opposite - it's the War on Drugs that says government must protect people from their own poor choices.
Just out of curiosity, has the drug trade ceased in Colorado and Washington?
Excessive taxes on marijuana have left the black market a foothold - however, "Legal Pot In The U.S. May Be Undercutting Mexican Marijuana": http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3233390/posts
Has petty crime related to the drug trade gone down?
There has been a statistically significant drops in burglary and theft from motor vehicle, and statistically insignificant fluctuations in other crimes: http://www.denvergov.org/Portals/720/documents/statistics/2014/UCR_Citywide_Reported%20_Offenses_2014.pdf