Analyzing the Drug War

The information we get from "Drug War Facts" provides us with an insight into how the Drug War can be considered a racial project against persons of color. We are able to see that alcohol can also be a factor in crime (as opposed to drugs being the only factor), how illicit drug use has affected America, and how the overall majority of drug users are white. These facts communicate to us that the Drug War is not what it seems and it proves to us major false points that we are informed of when it comes to identifying the War on Drugs.

These facts not only tell us the truth, but they also provide us with a view on how the war on drugs is based on a false premise of race and it further vindicates the notion that the Drug War is racially and politically driven. This data affects our cluster because we are subject to be racially profiled when it comes to drugs and we are the ones who are accused of being the drug users. The war on drugs has been forming into more stricter policies than in the past and cops are cracking down on "drug users" more than before.

The significance of this information is that it represents the other facts of the drug war. The drug war is treated as an isolated event and it only focuses on racially-driven drug use, but the politicians and corporations who manage it are ignorant of the fact that other factors come into play. Alcohol influences 40% of murders, as stated in the facts. 40%. Why aren't the politicians and cops trying to fix that as well? Most  of the illicit drug users are white, 72% as a matter of fact. What does that say about applying the war on drugs to neighborhoods in which 72% percent of white people use drugs? Why can't they do that as well? With these facts, we are able to see how the Drug War affects our country on a racial basis.

Maybe the War on Drugs isn't about drugs. Maybe its about money, corporations, people, or race, or even all of them. Maybe it should be named the War on Race.

Source:

Drug War Facts
www.drugwarfacts.org
-"Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000," Journal of the American Medical Association.
-Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
-Prevalence of Imprisonment in the US Population, 1974-2001