Finally! To understand how we got to the current disaster of police brutality and mass incarceration in this country, we need to talk about the War on Drugs. The War on Drugs refers to a racist government-led initiative that theoretically aims to stop illegal drug use, distribution, and trade. In reality it resulted in a 300% increase in drug use in the US and prisons disproportionately full of Black Americans, even though all races use and sell drugs at similar rates. On Monday we’ll go over examples of other countries that have successfully dealt with their drug problems.