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 Simplepowa
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 Hunter Biden's Cocaine Use and Vice President Biden's Evolving Perspective on the Drug War 
#20720247 - 10/18/14 01:15 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Director of Media Relations, Drug Policy Alliance
Hunter Biden's Cocaine Use and Vice President Biden's Evolving Perspective on the Drug War
Posted: 10/17/2014 2:51 pm EDT Updated: 10/17/2014 2:59 pm EDT
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The Vice President's son, Hunter Biden is making worldwide news after the Wall Street Journal reported that he was discharged from the Navy in February after testing positive for cocaine use.
I have spent the last 15 years working at the Drug Policy Alliance trying to end our country's insane war on drugs. Here are some of my reflections on the Biden family.
Drug use touches most families.
Hunter Biden, Noelle Bush, Al Gore III and Chiara de Blasio remind us that both drug use and abuse touch most families, including those running our country. Despite a $40 billion a year "war on drugs" and political speeches about a "drug-free society," our society is swimming in drugs. Virtually all of us take drugs every single day. Caffeine, sugar, alcohol, marijuana, Prozac, cocaine, Ritalin, opiates and nicotine are just some of the substances that Americans use on a regular basis.
Drug abuse does not discriminate, but our drug policies do.
While drug abuse doesn't discriminate, it is clear that our drug policies do. Despite similar rates of drug use and drug sales across races, African Americans are 13 times more likely to go to prison for drugs. I don't think Vice President Biden's son should be in jail for his cocaine use but neither should so many others who are currently behind bars for drug use or possession.
Vice President Joe Biden's Role in Expanding Drug War
As a Senator in the late 1980s, Mr. Biden was a cheerleader for the drug war. He played a major role in creating the Drug Czar's office and in enacting the draconian mandatory minimum sentences that have filled our prisons with nonviolent drug law offenders. To the Vice President's credit, he has "evolved" a bit on the issue. In recent years, Mr. Biden has championed a number of progressive drug policy reforms -- like introducing legislation to completely eliminate the 100-to-1 crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity and rolling back the mandatory minimums he favored in the late 1980s. The crack/powder disparity wasn't completely eliminated, but was reformed under President Obama.
How Will the Biden Family Move Forward on This Issue?
... read more http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-newman/hunter-biden-cocaine_b_6004704.html
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Re: Hunter Biden's Cocaine Use and Vice President Biden's Evolving Perspective on the Drug War [Re: Simplepowa]
#20723126 - 10/19/14 06:10 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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What will Biden do? How much do you bet he doesn't apply the 'tough love' the drug warriors says is necessary--ruining the lives of your own kids because they are on drugs.
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Re: Hunter Biden's Cocaine Use and Vice President Biden's Evolving Perspective on the Drug War [Re: starfire_xes]
#20725690 - 10/19/14 06:14 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Let's hope this hitting the Vice Presidents family may hurry up the discussion on much needed drug reform policies, but I doubt it!
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Re: Hunter Biden's Cocaine Use and Vice President Biden's Evolving Perspective on the Drug War [Re: starfire_xes]
#20727714 - 10/20/14 05:58 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
starfire_xes said:
What will Biden do?
Nothing. Nothing ever changes unless people march in the street and start rioting (on a federal level)
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Re: Hunter Biden's Cocaine Use and Vice President Biden's Evolving Perspective on the Drug War [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
#20731512 - 10/20/14 10:26 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Im sure obama has his fair share of cocaine as well.
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