Replies

“Lives are being ruined forever over a plant that is safer to consume than legal alcohol. A criminal record is a life sentence. 545,602 people will now struggle to find jobs, a place to live, and a business loan. They can’t vote or buy a gun for self-defense.”

Bravo Sierra. The VAST majority of these violators (it is, after all, illegal most places) will be offered, and successfully complete, deferred adjudication or deferred disposition and have the charge dismissed. It doesn’t affect those people at all in the way this person asserts above.

The VAST majority of these violators (it is, after all, illegal most places) will be offered, and successfully complete, deferred adjudication or deferred disposition and have the charge dismissed. It doesn’t affect those people at all in the way this person asserts above.

And you know this from personal experience? Nobody has lost jobs , child custody or been evicted over a small amount of pot? I think we've located the Bravo Sierra.

Bravo Sierra. The VAST majority of these violators (it is, after all, illegal most places) will be offered, and successfully complete, deferred adjudication or deferred disposition and have the charge dismissed. It doesn’t affect those people at all in the way this person asserts above.

Okay, then how much are we taxpayers forking out for all this police and court time if no one is actually being punished? Is this just a make-work program for the justice system?

BS, these archaic lunatic laws have affected millions, who found themselves being harassed, arrested in public, reputations smeared, thrown in cages, vehicles impounded and on and on, all while fining them, imposing probation for something like pot? The War on Drug con-job was a total disaster, one big sham. It cost the tax payers tens of hundreds of billions. What did it do? It allowed government to bloat out and expand in every direction.

Handcuff people in public? Throw them in filthy jails for pot? They use to do this all the time and I would guess in some venues they still do. Big dollar$$ involved in fining and incarcerating people. Last time I was in a court as a witness, I noted they had more cash registers than a Super Walmart. Amazing.

And don't give me that, "It doesn't affect people at all" bit, because it affects them immensely. Ever see government employment applications? And many other positions ask these poor slobs if they've ever been arrested for anything whether convicted or not. With some legalese saying you will be eliminated for not telling the truth and in some case under penalty of perjury. ☺ lol....