A real sense of community and shared interest is hard to maintain in such an environment of fear. Again we have been subjected to false, misleading, and fear-provoking information. Tens of millions of Americans live in places where there hasn't been a murder for years, and most of the rest of us live in towns and neighborhoods where murder is a rare occurrence. A black man is about 18 times more likely to be murdered than is a white woman. And for black men between the ages of fifteen and thirty, violence is the single leading cause of death.
Drugs Promoting a war against drugs is politically expedient.
This is an easy target and a good place for politicians and media organizations to provoke fear. While granting there is cause for concern due to the dehumanizing effects of illegal drugs, it virtually escapes our notice that the bigger problem in America is legal drugs. It is not politically expedient to raise alarm concerning the abuse of legal drugs. Powerful and wealthy drug companies can and do exert pressure. It is much easier to boldly roar at illegal drugs and turn a blind eye to the legal drug abuse that pervades American culture.