Re: this is your war on drugs
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unless you think these people are going to suddenly just randomly pick new crimes to commit, I'd have to say you're wrong.
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That's precisely what I believe. The basic point is simple, everyone has to eat, and these people are not going to go to work, so they'll find other activities to provide for themselves, car theft, strong arm robbery, etc.
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For drug DEALERS, maybe so; but not for drug USERS. Didn't you earlier state a statistic that 98% of incarcerated drug offenders were imprisoned for recreational drug use (which I take to mean, using drugs but not actually dealing drugs)? Therefore if drugs were decriminalized, released drug users would not immediately jump to some crime like car theft or armed robbery.
Imagine if, during Prohibition, alcohol USERS had been imprisoned to the extent which drug users are today. Wouldn't you look at that as a big "WTF"??? I can't believe most drug users would just go out and commit other crimes.
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