A drug abuser who indulges at home, is not driving a car intoxicated, who does not sell drugs, and is non-violent, should not be incarcerated. If he is breaking state law, a fine should be sufficient. The poor people get prison time more often because they can not afford good lawyers.
If someone wants to fry his brains with drugs at their home, or are carrying minimum amounts in their car, I really do not want to pay for their prison cost, court cost, judge’s salaries, bailiff salararies and a whole battery of costs associated with convicting a casual drig abuser.
“A drug abuser who indulges at home, is not driving a car intoxicated, who does not sell drugs, and is non-violent, should not be incarcerated. “
Find me a case where they are.
“The poor people get prison time more often because they can not afford good lawyers.”
We tried RAND PAUL’s little experiment - of not putting criminals in jail, for about 30 years (1965 to 1995), and had the BIGGEST CRIME WAVE in this country’s history. I’m old enough to REMEMBER virtually all of it. In Houston they had a TV show called “City Under Siege”. The show ended in the mid 90s, once MANDATORY SENTENCING took hold.
You may miss those days, I SURE AS HELL DO NOT.