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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by novia on Saturday November 07, 2020 @05:35PM (#25020282)
So change the incentives. Don't get rid of the war on drugs rewards, redirect them to things like catching serial killers or rapists or whatever.
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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by kylebenzle on Saturday November 07, 2020 @08:12PM (#25021768)
The vast majority of arrests are from small drug offences. Unfortunately there just aren't enough actual criminals to justify the amount of money they want.
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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by api on Saturday November 07, 2020 @09:25PM (#25022209)
There are nowhere near as many of those.
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Re:Voters rejecting the war on drugs is a win for public health by sigstoat on Saturday November 07, 2020 @09:44PM (#25022339)
on the other hand, we do an awful job catching them, so more resources could be put to use there than they're currently getting.
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