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First of all, my friend is a woman... and when a crime's punishment is UNJUST and UNFAIR (rapists get less time in some cases), she has every right to complain. She has no problem owning up to her mistakes, but five years for a bag of weed?? C'mon, even you can't be clueless & jaded enough to agree that's a fitting punishment. The lawyers agree with her, too, which is why she will likely get it reduced to diversion classes. And for the record, she whined about this law long before she got caught. Why would you assume otherwise?
If she knew the law, and violated it anyway, then she deserves what's coming. I do not agree with mandatory sentencing guidelines either but if I knew that the sentence for any given crime is 5 years, then I would simply not commit the crime because it is not worth the time.
Drug dealers won't mind either way but legalizing it means they can market their product openly so they might prefer it legal.
Drug dealers have had their hands in many legitimate businesses including Wall Street... it doesn't mean we should ban all businesses... marijuana can and should be a legitimate business... if drug dealers choose to market their product openly and legally, that is their right but it also opens their entire dealings into the light which may cause them more trouble than they want... such as inspections...
If she knew the law, and violated it anyway, then she deserves what's coming. I do not agree with mandatory sentencing guidelines either but if I knew that the sentence for any given crime is 5 years, then I would simply not commit the crime because it is not worth the time.
It shouldn't be a crime in the first place... imagine if we freed those whose only crime was possession/distributing marijuana... save money, Win! Its almost like putting people away for possessing or selling tylenol... we know its wrong, we need to do something about it...
If she knew the law, and violated it anyway, then she deserves what's coming. I do not agree with mandatory sentencing guidelines either but if I knew that the sentence for any given crime is 5 years, then I would simply not commit the crime because it is not worth the time.
Earlier in this thread you said we should treat mRijuana like dui and speeding.
Tell that to the people whose lives have been ruined over a bag of weed... like my friend who's facing FIVE years in prison, over something that would have been a mere infraction (or fully legal) one state over. Yes, we do have "bigger" issues in this country - but that doesn't make this one issue insignificant to those it affects.
That's his OWN problem..He broke the laws, he has to pay. His OWN FAULT!
It shouldn't be a crime in the first place... imagine if we freed those whose only crime was possession/distributing marijuana... save money, Win! Its almost like putting people away for possessing or selling tylenol... we know its wrong, we need to do something about it...
Whether you like it or not, it is a crime. People who know this, and use drugs anyway have no respect for the law.
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