re: NYC woman previously declined to press charges against subway shover because he’s black

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Over 300k people are currently incarcerated on drug offenses.

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They're incarcerated exclusively for drug offenses, or are they incarcerated for charges that include (but are not limited to) drugs?

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Or themselves targeted instead of others with common sense.

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This woman was literally targeted and chose to ignore her own self preservation instincts

So, you don’t know what you’re talking about. It is very common for defendants to plead guilty to drug charges to have their gun and violence charges dropped. The idea that we’re imprisoning a majority harmless population is retarded.

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We should be sending these people to mass rehab facilities if we going to spend money housing them.

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How dare you force them into rehabs against their will? It isn’t prison for breaking a law, therefore you cannot do it. Drugs are decriminalized. You can’t make do something I don’t want.

- Said every progressive ever

You cannot do that.

The stupidity of our society does not allow it.

So, again, we are back to the binary.

Take your pick.

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So, you don’t know what you’re talking about. It is very common for defendants to plead guilty to drug charges to have their gun and violence charges dropped. The idea that we’re imprisoning a majority harmless population is retarded.

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“Very common” - nice data.

What you’re talking about is sentencing enhancement laws, where if a weapon is present, charges are elevated, even if not used.

Here is some real data, and again, we are talking thousands of people costing billions of dollars.

Violence Rates: Historically, data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission indicates that direct violence or threats of violence are relatively rare in federal drug cases, occurring in less than 1% of sentenced offenses.

Primary Offense: As of early 2026, BOP Statistics show that roughly 42.6% of federal inmates are held for drug offenses, while 22.2% are held for weapons, explosives, or arson as their primary charge.

1. Mandatory Minimum Add-Ons (18 U.S.C. § 924(c))Under federal law, Firearm Sentence Enhancements for Federal Drug Crimes apply whenever a person uses, carries, or possesses a firearm "in furtherance" of a drug trafficking crime. These penalties must run consecutively to the drug sentence. Possession: Adds a minimum of 5 years.

In the United States, most individuals serving state prison sentences for drug offenses do not have concurrent weapons charges. According to Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) surveys, approximately 92% of non-violent offenders in state prison—a category that includes most drug-only offenders—did not use or possess a weapon during their current offense.

State Prison Drug Offense Statistics (2026 Estimates)As of 2026, about 134,000 to 171,300 people are incarcerated in state prisons for drug-related crimes as their primary offense.Weapon Involvement: Data indicates that only 8% of these individuals possessed or used a weapon during the crime for which they were sentenced.

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the jails are full because of the utterly disastrous “war of drugs”.

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By contrast, California has let rampant drug use to occur on the streets, and look how well that is going...

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The states need to quit jailing people for consuming or selling plants and lock up the psychopaths

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I believe we had an incident at LSU last year at a tailgate, that coincided with open and free pot use. Soon to follow was a shooting.

I'd argue that every place i go that reeks of pot, has a criminal element attached to it.

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And there is no fixing a lot of these people. But before we go the prison route, we should spend the money trying to get them clean.

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If there is no criminal act, you cannot simply force them into these facilities.

We should be able to, but you cannot, largely because of progressives and progressive women.

It is the same as psychiatric issues. If they aren’t a threat to themselves or others, you cannot force them and, at best, you can hold them for 72 hours.

Our society is not willing to make the sacrifice in order to truly better this situation.

Therefore, we are left with 2 choices.

Example elevendy-billion of why the 19th amendment was a horrible idea.

I have worked in a D.A.’s office. Have you? And federal drug offenders are typically on a higher level than some small time street dealer.

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I have worked in a D.A.’s office. Have you? And federal drug offenders are typically on a higher level than some small time street dealer.

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Well there I have it. All the factual data representing the system is meaningless standing up to your anecdotal experience working in a DAs office, where the deck is stacked for the state to secure quick convictions for lawyers that spend 3 years and six figures to get a $100k job.