http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2012/12/19/after-mercury-request-drug-impact-area-reports-now-tracking-arrests-more-than-half-are-black Comments On: After <i>Mercury</i> Request, Drug Impact Area Reports Now Tracking Arrests: More than Half Are Black by Denis C. Theriault en-us Copyright 2013 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Matthew Charles Davis]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:57:40 -0800 Portland Mercury
There's only one way to end the drug problem in Old Town: Open a store that sells these drugs. Just legalize the heroin and meth, and give people option to seek treatment when they come in for a purchase.

I can’t think of a plausible reason why these people are not doing time in Snake River instead of walking the streets and being “excluded.” Don’t get me wrong, locking these people up is not a long term solution, but drug dealers are going to commit crimes of opportunity too.

I can't imagine too many readers are surprised to learn that policing in this country/Portland is racist. The Drug War is the perfect emblem of racism: it started specifically to target cultural traditions of racial communities, and continues as a tool of oppression today. Just look at the history of the Drug War if you want to know more.
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