I know a lot of elderly people, and almost all of them are for drug decriminalization, especially marijuana for medical use. The problem to date is in how the legalization has been presented. I'm hoping that changes. I know that Biden is a huge fan of treatment instead of incarceration, so perhaps his influence will carry some weight.
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > And it's not just the dollars but the cost in human capital, and the cost in > trust in the government. We jailed half of a generation of young black men > for largely non-violent drug offenses. Selective enforcement has made the > war on drugs look like a war on people who are young, poor, male, and > non-white. > > Still, I think we're probably stuck with the current situation until > another generation passes on and the Baby Boomers become the eldest > Americans. > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Maureen wrote: > >> I don't know. I think we are rapidly approaching a time when we can >> no longer afford to enforce prohibition with so little return on the >> investment. 250 million dollars a year to incarcerate people whose >> only crime is possession of pot might fly in a robust economy, but I >> doubt it will find many supporters in the current economic >> environment. If you look at the cost of drug enforcement versus the >> number of arrests of dealers, it works out to something like 20 >> million per dealer arrested. That's a very high price to pay for such >> a small problem. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286523 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
