Wow, that's a bit of a turn-around. Who wrote that speech?
“we cannot simply prosecute or incarcerate our way to becoming a safer nation,” Holder said. “Today, a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality and incarceration traps too many Americans and weakens too many communities. However, many aspects of our criminal justice system may actually exacerbate this problem, rather than alleviate it.”
Sounds right to me, I'll believe it when I see it. Now when, Eric are you guys going to stop arresting people growing medicinal marijuana & following their state's law? The 10th amendment is just as important as all the rest of the Constitution.
Im pretty sure that all that money, could go to education and treatment. However instead the gubment, chooses to flush the money into a money pit that is showing not only zero results, but negative results.
Prescription drugs cause more deaths every year then marijuana EVER has. However since the pharm companies are lining the pockets of the gubment, that problem is pretty much ignored. So if you want to get high, make sure you get some Oxycontin from your doctor, not some weed from your garden. LOL
For those of you not keeping up with current events, a few years ago, the country of Portugal, made all drugs LEGAL. Including heroin and cocaine, you know what happened? Drug violence, drug overdoses, and drug addiction rates, all PLUMMETED almost overnight. They focus on education and treatment.
1) All this policy is , is an order to FEDERAL PROSECUTORS to use language that does not trigger a MANDATORY sentence when presented to a Judge
2) 75% of drug offenses are prosecuted on the state and local level and most of these entities have already been doing this for almost 10 years in lieu of alternate sentencing programs.(Eric Holder CAN NOT direct state and local prosecutors to do anything as a matter of law))
3) Only 10% of drug arrest are simple possession arrest, meaning this does nothing
4) The AG is the same one that sees no problem having Agents lie to a judge that a reporter is a security risk in order to tap the reporters Parents Phone and emails.
The bottom line is that is just smoke and mirrors for the upcoming election cycle. The 'WAR ON DRUGS' still continues and many will praise this speech which largely changes little if anything at all.
It is NOT a step toward legalization, it is merely a directive to Federal Prosecutors and Law Enforcement that do not typically pursue possession cases in the first place.
There are MANY State and Local Prosecutors on the air waves stating exactly what I just posted.
It's all about profits for corporations, which in turn, then become contributions to political campaigns... It really IS that SIMPLE. If MJ was legalized, those pharmaceutical profits would decline. Obviously, it follows that campaign contributions would decline as well. As any politician rapidly learns that no higher motivation exists beyond remaining in office, the likelihood of serious MJ reform/legalization/de-criminalization is mighty slim... (Well, unless they can get it under some form of corporate control, obviously, and then users will have to pay 10X as much for it...)
Wow, that's a bit of a
Wow, that's a bit of a turn-around. Who wrote that speech?
“we cannot simply prosecute or incarcerate our way to becoming a safer nation,” Holder said. “Today, a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality and incarceration traps too many Americans and weakens too many communities. However, many aspects of our criminal justice system may actually exacerbate this problem, rather than alleviate it.”
Sounds right to me, I'll believe it when I see it. Now when, Eric are you guys going to stop arresting people growing medicinal marijuana & following their state's law? The 10th amendment is just as important as all the rest of the Constitution.
Agreed. The "War on Drugs" is
Agreed. The "War on Drugs" is lost. People want to get high, plain and simple. You can make it illegal all you want, but you cant fight human nature.
http://www.drugsense.org/cms/wodclock
Im pretty sure that all that money, could go to education and treatment. However instead the gubment, chooses to flush the money into a money pit that is showing not only zero results, but negative results.
Prescription drugs cause more deaths every year then marijuana EVER has. However since the pharm companies are lining the pockets of the gubment, that problem is pretty much ignored. So if you want to get high, make sure you get some Oxycontin from your doctor, not some weed from your garden. LOL
For those of you not keeping up with current events, a few years ago, the country of Portugal, made all drugs LEGAL. Including heroin and cocaine, you know what happened? Drug violence, drug overdoses, and drug addiction rates, all PLUMMETED almost overnight. They focus on education and treatment.
BECAREFUL OF YOUR ACALADES 1)
BECAREFUL OF YOUR ACALADES
1) All this policy is , is an order to FEDERAL PROSECUTORS to use language that does not trigger a MANDATORY sentence when presented to a Judge
2) 75% of drug offenses are prosecuted on the state and local level and most of these entities have already been doing this for almost 10 years in lieu of alternate sentencing programs.(Eric Holder CAN NOT direct state and local prosecutors to do anything as a matter of law))
3) Only 10% of drug arrest are simple possession arrest, meaning this does nothing
4) The AG is the same one that sees no problem having Agents lie to a judge that a reporter is a security risk in order to tap the reporters Parents Phone and emails.
The bottom line is that is just smoke and mirrors for the upcoming election cycle. The 'WAR ON DRUGS' still continues and many will praise this speech which largely changes little if anything at all.
It is NOT a step toward legalization, it is merely a directive to Federal Prosecutors and Law Enforcement that do not typically pursue possession cases in the first place.
There are MANY State and Local Prosecutors on the air waves stating exactly what I just posted.
Christopher, just for the
Christopher, just for the record, Portugal did not make drugs legal, they decriminalized them.
I agree Mark. Which is why
I agree Mark. Which is why I'm skeptical.
It's all about profits for
It's all about profits for corporations, which in turn, then become contributions to political campaigns... It really IS that SIMPLE. If MJ was legalized, those pharmaceutical profits would decline. Obviously, it follows that campaign contributions would decline as well. As any politician rapidly learns that no higher motivation exists beyond remaining in office, the likelihood of serious MJ reform/legalization/de-criminalization is mighty slim... (Well, unless they can get it under some form of corporate control, obviously, and then users will have to pay 10X as much for it...)