Re:Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working (2017)
by maxheadroom on Monday July 15, 2019 @05:49AM
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>...and some weed could both strip you of your right to vote and put you in a for-profit prison.
The repercussions are far more egregious than that:
The right to vote can be stripped for life[0]. After you've "paid your dues" to society, you will find it hard, if not impossible, to find employment again (also known as having a felony on your record [e.g.: felony possession]); which some states are now recognising is a form of cruel and unusual punishment[1].
To be fair, American society is trending better towards being less militant about justice but it still has quite a long way to go.
[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_rights_due_to_convicti...
[1] - https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pennsylvania-automatical...
(Apart from the US where opiate manufacturers are big lobbyists and some weed could both strip you of your right to vote and put you in a for-profit prison. The US is an outlier here)