I forgot -- if we legalize drugs, this abject POS will suddenly become charming and affable, a model citizen in all ways, and a danger to no-one while driving or operating heavy machinery when he's high. The drugs will somehow have a different biochemical effect on him because they are now legal.
Hey, it just hit me -- we can end all crime by legalizing everything! Might make for kind of a rough neighborhood but, by God, we would no longer be "hypocrites"!
But I'm sure you are perfectly okay with denying student aid to a guy caught with a joint while allowing it to a convicted rapist.
Who exactly is in favor of giving student aid to convicted rapists?
That is the crux of the matter. Hypothetically, if your daughter is raped, her rapist convicted, and she starts using illegal drugs to cope, and is busted and convicted on drug charges, when she and the rapist are released from jail, the rapist can get federal aid, your daughter can't.
People who had drug convictions from the 1970's have been denied federal aid, even though they are now married with children and had a 20+ year career, but were downsized and need retraining. Yet the crazy murderer rapist who spent 20+ years in jail, when released, is eligible for federal aid. If that isn't ideologically driven social engineering gone over the cliff, then nothing is.
Everyone who supports the enactment of rules revoking the right of convicted drug offenders to obtain financial aid while no rules exist to prevent violent criminals, or any other criminals, for that matter, from getting financial aid. Think about it - a guy who has been convicted of fraudulently obtaining a loan is eligible for a student loan. A guy who has been convicted of possession of an ounce of weed is not. Do you really think that is good public policy?