Posted on 12/26/2019 2:15:16 PM PST by rktman
On Monday, during an interview with the Des Moines Register, 2020 presidential hopeful mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg said drug possession should not result in jail time.
Buttigieg said, “Incarceration should not even be a response to drug possession. What I have seen is while there continues to be all kinds of harms associated with drug possession and use, it is also the case that we have created in an effort to deal with a public health problem, we have created an even bigger problem — a justice problem, and it’s own form of a health problem when you think about the adverse aspects on a child. We have kids in South Bend who have grown up with the incarnation of a parent as one of their first experiences.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
They need the space for conservatives who have obstructed justice because they voted for Trump.
These drugs are popular among gays. I have always thought that there is a major push of organized gays behind Buttplug. This to me is the only reason he could come from no where to his current popularity I also think that it will be hard for him to go much further but, that does not mean he won’t. He is an exotic choice to the Dem main stream which is what they like. His posturing as a centrist also could add to his appeal for the time being. But, I think the combination of exotic and centrist will carry less and less credibility as he goes on and will just be an exotic choice.
[[[But didn’t stop him from becoming addicted, it seems.]]]
Why would someone be threatened with incarceration before then?
Evidentially his son was facing the end result of his addiction. You know what context this is.
“These drugs are popular among gays.”
That’s a very accurate statement, especially with meth.
No, it didn't. After he was cut in half by a girl he loved dearly, he was self-medicating. For a time, he didn't care whether he lived or died. Not excusing it at all, but a lot of people become addicts because of some great pain in their lives.
Jail got him off of it long enough for his brain to get clearer so he could start to make more rational decisions. We were able to encourage him and build on that. Rebuilding his life is still a work in process. Depression (side effect of meth brain damage) and discouragement are his biggest enemies now.
Why perplexed? History will tell you. Illegal drugs are a modern phenomenon.
The war on drugs has been an epic failure
The only thing worse is drug legalization, as we are discovering with states that legalize pot
“Not shopping, just trying to understand if Buttgag’s policy is open ended or has limits.”
The problem with every liberal policy is they don’t work. So, when the policies fail the failure is “we didn’t do it hard enough.” Whatever the policy is, they enlarge it and fund it with even more money. Whatever the policy starts as is just that, the starting point.
I guess a bunch of tweakers, err, freepers, are gonna jump ship...
The problem is that this will lead to an increase in addicts. More homeless. How will they afford their drug habit? Probably by committing crimes that will eventually lead to their incarceration anyway but not before hurting us. The dems just want a larger dependent class.
What a dumbass. Right, don’t incarnate them.
Let them smoke dope and get their kids to overdose and die.
Nice plan.
America is under siege from within. These scumbags running for president are willing to kill even more family members with illegal drugs.
Re: No Jail Time for Possession of Any Drug
One problem...
Most of the people in jail for possessing user amounts of an illegal drug have pleaded down from a more serious felony.
If this becomes law, most of those people will then plead Not Guilty to the more serious felony and request a jury trial.
Our criminal courts will then have million case backlogs like our immigration courts have now.
Let’s encourage self destruction. Eugenicists love it and it creates another aggrieved, dependent class of citizens.
‘in order to create a more perfect union”
Peter, it’s hard enough to ram yourself down our throats. Some crackers like it, eh Peter? The bros not so much. The MBros NOT AT ALL The ladies and women not so much either. Be respectful of your girlfriends and wives, men. Thanks.
There is a problem of practicing without a license, distributing dangerous drugs and no one is a pharmacist or doctor. These drugs as in the title are not regulated. Making these drugs legal? Allowing addicts to take dangerous drugs not regulated?
No where in the article I read had anything to do with Cannabis
The seller of the legal drug alcohol is not generally held liable when someone fatally overdoses on the drug they sold. Do you think they should be?
These are not legal drugs. Am I missing something? How would Buttigieg regulate illegals drugs via the government? Who distributes? I'm not even discussing cannabis but according to Federal guidelines it's still a schedule one drug.
This sounds like a nightmare and a politician looking for votes from drug addicts and dealers.
Thank you for your answer however I don't see how this politician can promise what is already a nightmare in this country. How would he legalize such drugs?
Court-mandated treatment would be at least as effective, I should think.
Possession is illegal even for the unaddicted.
The only thing worse is drug legalization, as we are discovering with states that legalize pot
What facts show that to be the case? It's indisputable that every dollar spent in a legal store is a dollar not spent with the cartels.
Sounds to me like the position of Drug War supporters.
Nonsense. Is the illegality of heroin or meth YOUR primary reason for not using them? It's way down on my list.
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