Drug crimes stay under the radar for some time. The seriousness of a drug charger largely depends on the amount you have on you when being stopped by a police officer. If the drugs in your possession is over 1 gram there is a very high change you’d be charged with possession of an illegal substance and intent to sell. Studies show that African Americans are five times more likely to go to prison for drug possession than whites (Gross, Possley, & Stephen, 2017 March 7). Thirty-three percent of the prison population in for drug charges are African Americans,that is double their number proportion in the population. Exoneration rates show that blacks are twelve times more likely to be convicted of drug crimes than whites. Over the past few
