Drug-Related Sentences To Be Overhauled

[ryoder 1,590]

http://news.yahoo.com/holder-proposes-changes-criminal-justice-system-040724234.html

About damned time!

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[normiss 895]

Looks pretty silly to me.
Do away with man min, counseling, community service.
While doing nothing to change the stupid drug laws in the first place.
Gotta make that money off the backs of the citizens!

[ryoder 1,590]

Yes, the *real* solution is to get rid of the stupid laws in the first place.
But recognizing the folly of over-stuffing prisons with people who prefer milder drugs than alcohol, is a good start.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[turtlespeed 226]

ryoder

Yes, the *real* solution is to get rid of the stupid laws in the first place.
But recognizing the folly of over-stuffing prisons with people who prefer milder drugs than alcohol, is a good start.

It seems that it is much more complicated than just "Get Rid of the Laws".

Oversimplification doesn't an argument make.

Starting with "milder" drugs is a good start, definitely.

Where do we draw the line though? Should we make meth and PCP legal?

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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[winsor 236]

turtlespeed

***Yes, the *real* solution is to get rid of the stupid laws in the first place.
But recognizing the folly of over-stuffing prisons with people who prefer milder drugs than alcohol, is a good start.

It seems that it is much more complicated than just "Get Rid of the Laws".

Oversimplification doesn't an argument make.

Starting with "milder" drugs is a good start, definitely.

Where do we draw the line though? Should we make meth and PCP legal?

Quite simple, actually. If a drug is not worse than tobacco or alcohol, legalize it under no more onerous restrictions than tobacco and/or alcohol.

FWIW, there really are no worse drugs than alcohol and tobacco. Ask any coroner worth his/her salt.

For the record, I do not drink, smoke or otherwise take psychoactive substances (okay, coffee), so I have no dog in this fight - beyond paying for the Apprehension Industry, the Legal Industry and the Incarceration Industry.


BSBD,

Winsor

[normiss 895]

While dismissing the prescription drug industry.
They ARE a part of this problem.

[lawrocket 3]

[Reply]Where do we draw the line though? Should we make meth and PCP legal?

[dmcoco84 5]

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Where do we draw the line though? Should we make meth and PCP legal?

To each (State) their own...

[winsor 236]

normiss

While dismissing the prescription drug industry.
They ARE a part of this problem.

Yeah, the Pharma Industry makes for pretty big stakeholders in the whole mess.

How about a split between theraputic and recreational usage?

"I want some Diamorhpine ."

"Do you have a prescription?"

"Nah, it's for a party."

"Oh, in that case, we have 12-packs on sale!"

Greg House wolfing down Vicodin on the teevee show focused on the fact that he was an addict. If anything, the greatest threat to his health would be blowing his liver right out of his body with all the acetaminophen that comes along with the hydrocodone - hepatoxicity is bad juju, and is used to dissuade people from taking too much of the stuff. Hey, works for alcohol, right?

Anyhow, even though addiction is, and has long been, a problem, the bulk of the approaches we are now taking are hardly in improvement. Once the Government is involved, you may be sure that the cure is worse than the disease.


BSBD,

Winsor