[I see my hands]

"(even marijuana) has negative consequences"

Nothing inherent in marijuana contributed to the woman's predicament nor her subsequent death. Prohibition did.

Think. People die otherwise.

[ConservaTexan]

"People die"

Yes they do.

(it is amazing what can be done with an incomplete quote)

[itsahoot]

Nothing inherent in robbing the bank contributed to the woman's predicament nor her subsequent death. Prohibition of bank robbing did.

There feel better now?

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

good post plus we do not count the “consequences” of imprisoning all these “criminals”. I have a friend I hadn’t seen in some years, who got hooked on crystal meth and was not a “dealer”. In lieu of a mandatory 2 year rehab facility that the state of georgia did not have to pay for he got 10 years prison time!

He didn’t go the informer route. He had a politically ambitious prosecutor and a lousy lawyer.My friend never had a rap sheet and no other “crimes’ except a parking ticket and was a 32 y o college graduate working as a professional.

wow. We can all feel so much safer now that he is off the streets.