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Just wanted to get some feedback on this from the forum. An amnesty for illegal drug users convicted of nonviolent drug crimes would help reintegrate thousands and thousands of Americans back into the mainstream of society. It would remove the stigma of having criminal records, and would mean their slates would be wiped clean. It would mean fewer people disqualified from many jobs (which limits the labor pool even further).
Just wanted to get some feedback on this from the forum. An amnesty for illegal drug users convicted of nonviolent drug crimes would help reintegrate thousands and thousands of Americans back into the mainstream of society. It would remove the stigma of having criminal records, and would mean their slates would be wiped clean. It would mean fewer people disqualified from many jobs (which limits the labor pool even further).
What do all of you think?
Definitely drug offenders. While we're at it, legalize the drugs and reserve the prisons for those who are violent and need to be kept from society.
Definitely drug offenders. While we're at it, legalize the drugs and reserve the prisons for those who are violent and need to be kept from society.
Agreed.
(FWIW some sort of amnesty for illegals is inevitable, and I could live with a limited amnesty. However, an amnesty for drug offenders is long overdue, especially because not only does the War on Drugs hurt individuals, families, society, and the Constitution, but is also economically unsound and unjust to boot. IMO, an amnesty for drug users should be given before any amnesty for illegals.)
Help the drug abuser, immigrants go home and come back legally
The biggest problem as the government is doing this.............................
US Prison System Falls Short In Treating Drug Addiction, Study Finds The U.S. has the world's highest incarceration rate, with approximately 10 million individuals incarcerated each year. More than half of inmates have a history of substance use and more than 200,000 people with heroin addiction are incarcerated annually. Inmates face disproportionately higher burdens of mental illness, substance use and infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS. Meanwhile, their transition back to their communities is often associated with increased sexual health and drug-related risks, and more than half will relapse within one month of their release.
While the government is allowing this.....................
Ralph Sowell, a crack dealer doing 21 years at East Jersey State Prison, boasts about dealing. "I've been selling drugs ever since I came to prison, and I've never been caught," he says. "You can make approximately $3,500 to $4,000 a week here selling drugs. Anything they sell on the street is triple in here. A $10 bag of dope on the streets goes for as much as $40 in here. And everybody wants a piece of the pie." East Jersey's Lieutenant Connell is well apprised of Ralph's drug dealing:
"The rumor we get is that he'll do 5 to 10 bundles a visit. You're talking about 50 to 100 bags per visit, three times a week. On the street a bundle goes for about $70. In here, you can sell it for about $300. So he can make about a $230 profit per bundle, and if he's doing 10 bundles like is rumored from some of the information we get, you're talking $2,300 a visit two or three times a week. That's a lot of money." It's more than a C.O. makes.
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Help the drug abuser, immigrants go home and come back legally
