It’s all about time. Drug laws disgrace justice. They have ruined families, eliminated Constitutional Rights, and created industries which contribute little to the public good. Releasing people from senseless incarceration and focusing on the real needs of the community will make the country and the world safer and more comfortable.
Why do people buy drugs? Why do people sell drugs? Only way to stop the use of drugs is to figure out why people use drugs. But to put people in jail for being involved with drugs has been a failed public policy, beginning with the Harrison Act. May Anslinger rot in hell. Rockefeller started his policy with treatment, until he wanted to be President. Then he created the most draconian system since Roman times. No one looked ahead. All were believers.
Bring on Nixon and the war on drugs, sentencing guidelines spotlighting crack and then doctors overprescribing pills. What have you got? A lot of people living in jail, treated as slaves, missing training, education and gains in health care.
Keeps a lot of lawyers in business. A lot of Judges on the bench. Prosecutors have bigger staffs. And then there are the jailers and the service providers. Drug laws are a jobs program.
Enough.
