Drug policy has shifted from intense criminalization toward reforms that prioritize
decarceration and treatment. Despite this shift, little is known about whether support for …

This essay argues that race and class influence drug laws through politicized means. Crack-
cocaine and methamphetamine production, sales, and use were met with criminalizing …

Context: Many observers believe that the policy response to the opioid crisis is less punitive
than the crack scare and that the reason is that victims are (stereotypically) white. Methods …

Many analysts have argued that the most harmful forms of drug use are disproportionately
concentrated in poor communities of color, and that this pattern—combined with law …

Drug criminalization creates significant barriers to prevention and treatment of substance
use disorders and racial equity objectives, and removal of criminal penalties for drug …

Abstract The War on Drugs in the United States has been part of a system of social control
targeting low‐income black and Latinx communities. While this statement has been …

US federal drug policy has long emphasized criminalization and incarceration, and many
negative policy outcomes have disproportionately impacted communities of color and Blacks …

Given the scope and depth of current drug control campaigns, scholars must investigate the
various contours and contexts of prevailing drug policies. Relying on the theoretical …

Despite knowledge of racial bias for drug-related criminal justice involvement and its
collateral consequences, we know less about differences between Black and White drug …

Since President Nixon coined the phrase, the" War on Drugs" has presented an important
change in how people view and discuss criminal justice practices and drug laws. The term …