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Is manslaughter better defined as murder? Is the consensual, but nonetheless statutory rape of a 17-year-old by her 18-year-old boyfriend indistinguishable from a violent rape in an alleyway at gunpoint?
There is room for loopholes in a nuanced system, it's true. But if the sentencing laws for different drugs are resulting in unfair results, the answer is not to say "all drugs deserve X punishment, end of nuance." The answer is to change the punishments in the places where they are currently inappropriate. Should the punishment for cocaine be harsher? Perhaps. But that will not be achieved by pretending cocaine is crack when it is not. That will be achieved by making the punishment for cocaine harsher.
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