Instead of Lowering Sentences of Accused Crack Users,How About Telling People to Not Smoke Crack Period?

Question by nofear_intrepid40: Instead of lowering sentences of accused crack users,how about telling people to not smoke crack period?

Ricky,I’m referring to ANYONE who smokes it.I never said that Black people were the only race that did so.

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Answer by jack spicer
or they could increase the crime for using power cocaine – they just wanna make the sentences fair, since they are the same drug.

Answer by Ricky T
How very racist of you!! (not sarcasm)

I think it is racist of the courts to assume that crack is a “black crime” but I guess that’s just me?

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