Possession of 5 grams of crack (worth a total of around $100) would trigger the same sentence as possession of 500 grams of cocaine (worth a total of around $150,000) or of 100 kilos of marijuana (worth a total of around $20,000). These disparate and nonsensical sentences had been passed into law without any hearings, without any expert testimony from judges, law enforcement, drug policy experts, addiction medicine specialists, or the Bureau of Prisons.
