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Implications of a bill like this because in 1994, when it was first raised, i, national action network and others, marched against this bill. according to the naacp, black and white folks use drugs at the same rates, but black people are almost six times more likely to be sent to prison for it. what would a bill like this do to mitigate that kind of disparity? well, the equal act, which has strong bipartisan support, it is sponsored by senators portland and booker and durbin and has now been joined by senator rand paul from my home commonwealth of kentucky would completely eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. and i want to take us back a little bit. we are coming up on the 50-year anniversary of the war on drugs. it was 50 years ago this summer that president nixon called drug abuse public enemy number one. ....