What an incredible waste of resources!
Can you imagine if they spent that money on education or rehab? Nevermind, the degradation of the rule of law by the millions that use marijuana that are functional, like functional alcoholics that we don’t put in prison.
Its just a racket for big business of prison system and LEA.Many LEA officers have come out year after year saying decriminalize SOME of the drugs that are not more lethal as alcohol and then keep the same regulations that apply to alcohol.
Prohibtion made the situation worse and we just keep doing it with drugs.Insanity.
And, no I don’t use any drugs.
In case you have not seen my idea before:
Last year I lost a dear relative who had paid into Medicare her entire life. When she got cancer the fedgov said that the treatment that would give her a shot at survival was too expensive considering her 75 years. They put her on hospice and pumped her full of morphine until she died.
Why don’t we have hospice for drug addicts and alcoholics?
They have a terminal disease and most are not interested in treatment.
No, we should not legalize drugs.
When someone is picked up for possession or commits multiple DUIs we give them the choice of jail w/ rehab or drug abuse hospice.
The hospice supplies a bunk, three hot meals, and all the drugs they want. Any drug. For free, just like Grandma got.
The addict can opt to leave at any time if they go to rehab or jail as appropriate. If they stay, they must agree to mandatory birth control (don’t need no crackbabies) and a DNR (do not resuscitate) order in case they OD.
The problem with drug addicts is that they try to recruit more users to fund their habit. They also are responsible for a large percentage of crime, prostitution, etc.
Terrorists, e.g., the Taliban, get their funding from drugs.
Removing the addicts defunds the narcos from Afganistan to our own cities. Crooked pols and cops will lose out.
We could save not only on prisons, but also on medical care, the war on drugs, and the damage wrought by crime.
The libertarian side of me says, “If they want to kill themselves, who are we to stand in their way?”
The conservative side of me says, “I don’t want them in my neighborhood”.
So our society is FORCING Grandma to shoot up morphine while we spend thousands saving the life of a crackhead who OD’s. The crackhead would LOVE to shoot up morphine every day.
Once again, why don’t we allow the addicts to opt for hospice where they can party until they croak?