Attaching any additional penalty to "minor drug offenses" is just silly. Okay, so we have prohibition. Fine. We have laws to punish people who do drugs. Most people are content with just a slap on the wrist because half our population does it at some time or another. That should be it.
But the idea of denying someone a low-cost loan so that they can attend college and get a good job and be an important part of our economy, because they were arrested for possession of a joint, is pretty damn stupid. Mean and petty.
And please don't use the argument that "He should have known that *marijuana* would ruin his life." That is utter crapola. If his life is ruined, it is solely because of the government. As much as if he was punished for belonging to the wrong race.
The same with deporting a legal citizen, who spent 10 damn years of hard work to earn their citizenship.
That is not even like having a death penalty for drug abuse, it is like authorizing police to shoot to death anyone they catch they suspect of being a druggie. Totally beyond the pale.
"it is like authorizing police to shoot to death anyone they catch they suspect of being a druggie."
That I would like to see!
I'll offer up one fo my cousins to be first in line.