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Article: Waging War on Drugs--The Wrong Ones.(Politics&Opinions)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- August 20, 2001
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Byline: Anne Roiphe
It isn't at all clear to me why Officer Joseph Gray, who was drinking in a topless bar for hours before he killed four family members in a drunk-driving accident, was engaging in a perfectly legal activity, while any number of black mothers who, say, transported a package of coke from downtown to uptown for their boyfriend are spending Rockefeller time in jail. Alcohol abuse remains a disease, while drug abuse remains a crime. Go figure.
Selling booze can get you a house in the suburbs; selling heroin can get you a cell upstate. The alcohol industry has an interest in making it seem like drugs are the mark of sin, while alcohol is ...