Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ...
by isaacremuant on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @12:04PM
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If a crime is "having drugs" then the war on drugs criminalizes something that maybe shouldn't be criminalized.
If the intent is to help combat drug use then putting a user in prison and ruining his and his family's life doesn't seem like the way to do it. Not to talk about the crime it generates when a business that WILL happen doesn't have any other means to compete than with violence.
There's a great discussion between Glenn Greenwald and former Bush Drug Czar:
If the intent is to help combat drug use then putting a user in prison and ruining his and his family's life doesn't seem like the way to do it. Not to talk about the crime it generates when a business that WILL happen doesn't have any other means to compete than with violence.
There's a great discussion between Glenn Greenwald and former Bush Drug Czar:
https://vimeo.com/32110912 (Janus Forum - Should the US Legalize Drugs?)