Pubdate: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 Source: Hudson Valley Press, The (NY) Copyright: 2008 The Hudson Valley Press Contact: http://www.hvpress.net/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4638 Author: Stan White Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n203/a04.html EXPOSING THE RACIST EFFECTS OF DRUG LAWS ON MINORITIES Dear Editor: It's encouraging that The Hudson Valley Press is exposing the current racist effect of drug laws on minorities (The Drug War On African-Americans, Feb. 20, 2008), but it's evident most drug laws were enacted as a racist means to incarcerate minorities to begin with. For bigots who instituted America's drug laws, they are working as planned. Truthfully, Stan White - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom