De-criminalizing and regulating drugs would not increase usage, as shown in Holland and other countries, and it would greatly decrease the crime and violence that are inevitable consequences of prohibition. There is a drug culture of people who either have a history of criminal behavior or who are predisposed to commit crime. The undesirable or inferior elements of society are the only ones who use drugs, and they need to be controlled. People who do not use drugs will not be bothered by the police and can rely on due process of law to protect them from unwarranted prosecution. The worst of all social evils comes from letting police decide who is decent.
Police believe crack is a Black problem because they only look for it in Black neighborhoods.
Demonization and racist elements of drug prohibition are evident in prison statistics. All people, law-abiding or not, are seriously harmed when police are permitted to ignore Constitutional rights or circumvent due process of law. The Government is obliged to protect society from drug users. When they are high they commit criminal acts that they would not otherwise commit. The Government has a right and an obligation to prevent people from committing crime, before the crime occurs.