POLL: Should President Trump de-list (federally decriminalize) marijuana?
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I didn't mean marijuana, I was implying I don't care about that. I work in prisons and jails as a medical professional, I mean meth, fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, alcohol, PCP, and I think we had some flakka once or twice in my area. I two intakes die in one hour, not the mention the smugglers ODing on the inside, and a couple of legit suicide attempts...marijuana is already legal in my area. It may affect your memory over time. What you are referring to about alcohol is after the liver is sufficiently damaged temporarily, or permanently which may cause cirrhosis, either may cause hepatic encephalopathy.
No my friend, I'm not talking about liver damage. Alcohol kills brain cells, period.
Our savage penal system is an entirely different story. We're paying something like 40k? Per prisoner per year? To turn them in to more violent criminals?
We can do better. Frankly, if you dosed all the prison food with THC, we'd be better off. Less rape. Less murder. Less recidivism.
I'll disagree. I don't know what you think about what lies in the heart of people you have not met, but the thousands I have met over 13 years already had all of the marijuana and drugs they wanted. They were simply out to take, kill, rape, torture, and cause violence because they could. There were a few crimes of passion as they say, a person who committed one or two murders when his wife cheated on him.
How is the penal system responsible for a mother pimping her 11 year old daughter out to by more drugs when she has never been in jail more than 6 hours for a process and release?
How is the penal system responsible for a 65 year immigrant from Mexico who was brought here by his niece and nephew to retire who decided to repeatedly rape 5yo daughter and 3yo son of the niece and nephew for weeks until the older kid finally let it slip to her parents?
How is the penal system responsible for the first crime committed by two aspiring gang wannabees who for their gang initiation decided to decapitate a registered nurse from the local hospital who just got off from a night shift and decided to was her car before going home?
How is the penal system responsible for an activist city council nearby, just last year, who decided she had it with local criticism, and with her two children in her SUV, decided to try but fail to run over a dozen police officers who barely managed to get out of the way.
These are all real stories I experienced, of crimes from people who had nothing besides maybe a speeding ticket or maybe 6 hours drunk tank. I don't know how old you are, but you sound inexperienced and misled.
Theres no rehab and much recidivism because there’s no escape from the stain of prison, especially a felony.
You can’t vote, can’t own firearms. You’re never getting a decent high paying job or a loan to start a business because you can’t pass a background check.
More crime just makes sense. Once you have one felony, a second or third means nothing.
I'm gonna call BS on this. I know for a fact that a 20 yo stole a car 30 years ago and since has lived a decent life. About 8 years after release and probation was over, worked a job making 60k at a desk job allowing the purchase of a home with 3% down and a 200k loan. Point is, stay out of trouble, pay your bills and keep a job, even felons can live happy productive lives and many do. Keep fucking around and you deserve what you get.
I don’t doubt your story’s true. The key part is “30 years ago”. Before the rise of big data, social media and easily searchable offender registries.
I applied for a job that did a background check. They hired me.
During my onboarding, the HR person said I was lucky to be hired and brought up the fact that I had gotten a citation for having an open container of alcohol at a lake. 8 years ago. That was dismissed.
Imagine having a felony. Your “permanent record” is now a real thing.
Back up a second, friend. How could a 20-year-old have stolen a car 30 years ago?
Or did you mean, "Thirty years ago, when he was 20 years of age, he stole a car?"