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Police arrest more people for marijuana use than for all violent crimes combined
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:48 pm
Why anyone is still against the legalization of marijuana is beyond me
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"It's been 45 years since the war on drugs was declared and it hasn't been a success," lead author Tess Borden of the Human Rights Watch said in an interview. "Rates of drug use are not down. Drug dependency has not stopped. Every 25 seconds we're arresting someone for drug use."
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In Texas, for instance, 116 people are currently serving life sentences on charges of simple drug possession. Seven of those people earned their sentences for possessing quantities of drugs weighing between 1 gram and 4 grams, or less than a typical sugar packet. That's because Texas also has a habitual offender law, allowing prosecutors to seek longer-than-normal sentences for people who have two prior felonies.
"In 2015, more than 78 percent of people sentenced to incarceration for felony drug possession in Texas possessed under a gram," the report found.
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Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:49 pm to Salmon
Drugs are bad, mmmmkay.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:49 pm to Salmon
Blame the law makers, not the police (not saying you are).
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:50 pm to Salmon
good! lock all these hop-heads up. Illegal isn't a sick bird you stinkin' hippie.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:50 pm to Salmon
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"In 2015, more than 78 percent of people sentenced to incarceration for felony drug possession in Texas possessed under a gram," the report found.
under a gram of weed or other drugs?
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:52 pm to Salmon
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currently serving life sentences on charges of simple drug possession
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habitual offender law,
So NO they are not serving life for a sugar packet of weed. Just stop with this stupid arse regurgitation of liberal bullshite
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:52 pm to PortCityTiger24
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Blame the law makers, not the police
I blame everyone.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:52 pm to Salmon
Because our prison system is more interested in making money than preventing crime.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:52 pm to Salmon
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In Texas, for instance, 116 people are currently serving life sentences on charges of simple drug possession. Seven of those people earned their sentences for possessing quantities of drugs weighing between 1 gram and 4 grams, or less than a typical sugar packet. That's because Texas also has a habitual offender law, allowing prosecutors to seek longer-than-normal sentences for people who have two prior felonies.
At least be honest about this, dude.
No one is serving life simply because they got caught with a joint.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:53 pm to Salmon
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Why anyone is still against the legalization of marijuana is beyond me
So because "everybody's doing it" we should change the laws to accommodate the criminals? Lol that's just stupid.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:53 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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under a gram of weed or other drugs?
but yet they let murderers(in TX, with lesser sentences,) out because of prison over crowding
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:53 pm to Salmon
If we are going to legalize anything it should be cocaine!
Our population is fat and lazy, blow will and can fix all of that.
Our population is fat and lazy, blow will and can fix all of that.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:53 pm to Salmon
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Texas also has a habitual offender law, allowing prosecutors to seek longer-than-normal sentences for people who have two prior felonies.
There is a way not to be a habitual offender....quit breaking the fricking law. I have no sympathy for anyone that gets hit with being a habitual offender
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:53 pm to tigerfootball10
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So NO they are not serving life for a sugar packet of weed. Just stop with this stupid arse regurgitation of liberal bullshite
so...life in prison for 3 charges of simple drug possession?
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:54 pm to Salmon
Good.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:54 pm to Salmon
I agree. Everyone vote Johnson and end this bullshite.
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:54 pm to upgrayedd
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No one is serving life simply because they got caught with a joint.
if they were convicted circa late sixties, early seventies, they could very well be
This post was edited on 10/12/16 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:54 pm to Salmon
To get life, one of your convictions must be a violent crime.
The media conveniently leaves this out.
The media conveniently leaves this out.
This post was edited on 10/12/16 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:55 pm to Salmon
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"In 2015, more than 78 percent of people sentenced to incarceration for felony drug possession in Texas possessed under a gram," the report found.
Possessed under a gram of what?
Posted on 10/12/16 at 12:55 pm to PortCityTiger24
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Blame the law makers, not the police (not saying you are)
I understand what you are saying, but the police have a vested interest in anti-drug legislation because it provides them with money. As long as they get money to 'fight drugs', they'll be anti-drug.
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