Assignment task: The podcast George Bush and his back of crack
1) What lessons can we take from this event
2) What it teaches us about the war on drugs and how it has dominated both our politics and approach to crime control.
3) Was the kid who the DEA "bought" the drugs from a criminal? Or was he a victim of a political stunt? What consequences did the kid face?
4) Is there justice in what happened?
5) What does this political theater, with a president unveiling a bag of crack from the Oval Office, teach us about the politics of crime control and the ways the war on drugs has shaped our politics and approach towards controlled substances?