Campaigns that are “tough on crime” only make sense if we can all agree on what crimes should constitute punishment, and with our prisons full of young black men largely due to the legislation of morality, that’s clearly not the case. In this episode we talk about the how the racist drug war and corrupt criminal justice system work to keep people of color poor and imprisoned, and we offer up some steps we can all take to begin to change this.
In this episode:
First step is recognizing the problem exists [:30]
Stop legislating morality [6:00]
Who is being arrested [8:00]
CDC on opioid addictions [9:30]
Marijuana’s role [12:30]
What the war on drugs is really about [14:00]
Why prohibition doesn’t work [15:00]
Institutional racism becomes a huge class issue [16:00]
The blue shield and why it exists [19:00]
What defunding police would look like [23:00]
Acknowledging privilege exists [27:30]
How you get stuck in the system [30:00]
Antipsychotic use in the US [33:00]
Unjust justice system [35:00]
Time to really drain the swamp [38:00]
Legalize drugs and tax them [42:00]
Our job ahead [45:00]
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