The US’s racist drug enforcement predates the DEA. Billie Holiday was an early v...

		hedora on Nov 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance The US’s racist drug enforcement predates the DEA. Billie Holiday was an early victim. They needed to justify prohibition era law enforcement budgets after prohibition ended, and explicitly targeting blacks was politically expedient.