SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Trailer Park, Racial Profiling, Methamphetamine

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Terry Conlin

Document Summary

Different drugs can be categorized legally while others are not even though they have similar amounts of harm. 3 specific forms of discrimination in the us primarily: discrimination in respect to the nature of drug laws. One of the key measures in association with the war on drugs is mandatory minimum sentences. A mandatory minimum sentence for crack cocaine is 3 times longer than powder cocaine. 1g of crack is treated the same as 100g if powered cocaine. Fair sentencing act targets the disparity so that : over-policing & racial profiling- any circumstances involved in travelling gives probably cause to conducting searches in airports, disproportionate ways of arrests and incarceration. How laws are being enforced & the penalties that are being handed out. Provides income for people who are not officially employed. Not only do the economies benefit directly; also benefit from money laundering which provide people with subsidized goods such as cigarettes, electronics, etc.