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Re:The feds are making it hurt in every way for Weev, but fo... by bdisraeli on Monday May 20, 2013 @08:55AM (#5737416)
Most people in the prison system are there for non-violent offenses. [1] In Chicago, blacks were arrested (before decriminalisation last year) for cannabis consumption at a rate of 15 persons for every 1 white person despite similar rates of cannabis consumption among blacks and whites. [2] People who have gone to prison for any of offense have a 40% chance of eventually going back to prison. [3] I would suggest that the change in incarceration rates starts with less racist policing.

[1] http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1118

[2] http://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-marijuana-arrest-...

[3] http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/08/prison-math

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Re:The feds are making it hurt in every way for Weev, but fo... by DanBC on Monday May 20, 2013 @09:05AM (#5737465)
I don't take drugs. I think there are good reasons for people to not take cannabis. I am strongly in favour of cannabis legalisation.

The amount of time and money spent dealing with cannabis is mind-boggling. About 50,000[1] Mexicans have been murdered in the recent drug wars. Some of those are because cannabis is illegal.

Cannabis prohibition is going to be viewed with horror in the future.

(http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2084224,00.htm...)

(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/opinion/hit-mexicos-cartel...)

(http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-war-statistics)

(http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/05/05/fbi-marijuana-is...)

[1] numbers are hard to check, but some people say 62,000 since 2006.

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