Somewhere upthread it was noted that many in prison on marijuana possession charges are there due to violating parole.
In addition, many in prison on dope charges alone would, could and should be convicted of assualt, larceny, robbery, rape, and hundreds of other crimes that dopers often commit, but because of an overextended court system that can’t possibly prosecute and spend the time and energy to put these dangerous criminals in jail, they often take the easy way out. They convict based on the pot or the pipe the perp was carrying at the time of the arrest.
And yet - because this is common and ordinary - there are still those leftists that argue marijuana usage is of no concern to me or you.
Our prisons and our welfare roles are unable to handle the dopers we have now, yet these libs want to legalize marijuana and add to the problem?
Unbelievable!
In addition, many in prison on dope charges alone would, could and should be convicted of assualt, larceny, robbery, rape, and hundreds of other crimes that dopers often commit,
Any evidence for the claim that dopers "often" commit these crimes?
but because of an overextended court system that can’t possibly prosecute and spend the time and energy to put these dangerous criminals in jail, they often take the easy way out. They convict based on the pot or the pipe the perp was carrying at the time of the arrest.
And yet - because this is common and ordinary - there are still those leftists that argue marijuana usage is of no concern to me or you.
Other than as a violation of parole, marijuana usage is of no concern to me or you - although assault, larceny, robbery, and rape certainly are.
Our prisons and our welfare roles are unable to handle the dopers we have now, yet these libs want to legalize marijuana and add to the problem?
If we legalize marijuana we'll subtract from the problem of prisons handling dopers. And there's no evidence that smoking marijuana puts one on welfare - although a slacker mentality can lead to both marijuana use and being on welfare.