Loxd4
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Kandahar said:I thought this thread was going to be about how to reform the JAIL system. Instead I just see a list of ideas for how to cut down on crime.
To answer the question you asked, we need to define the problem. In my opinion, the biggest problem is the fact that prisons breed more crime. Inmates make friends with other criminals and are more likely to continue their life of crime when they get out. The frequency of prison rapes also means that most prisoners will have mental problems when they leave.
We can reform the prison system by isolating prisoners who commit acts of violence against one another, and increasing the use of alternative punishments for certain nonviolent crimes.
Loxd4 said:Isolating prisoners is no where near the answer they go even more nuts and kill there self.
Loxd4 said:...then people on the outside well go nuts to!
Billo_Really said:Here's what we do:
- Eliminate mandatory sentencing for drug charges.
- Eliminate the 3-strikes law.
- Legalize drugs.
- Do not send people to prison for victimless crimes.
- Stop demonizing criminals (because we are all doing time).
- Be concious of the hatred within our own hearts.
To sum it up, the criminalization of drugs makes hard-core users commit more crime to pay for their habits, deters some people from becoming casual users in the first place, prevents a few casual users from falling into the ranks of the hard-core users, and uses the legal system to squash the lives of casual users. (casual users being defined as job-holding, productive members of society who sporadically indulge socially)Loxd4 said:How the hell can you legalize drugs with out all hell breaking out?
The same way we legalized caffiene, nicotine and alcohol.Originally Posted by Loxd4
How the hell can you legalize drugs with out all hell breaking out?
This is a very well thought out post. Thank you.Originally Posted by Befuddled_Stoner
To sum it up, the criminalization of drugs makes hard-core users commit more crime to pay for their habits, deters some people from becoming casual users in the first place, prevents a few casual users from falling into the ranks of the hard-core users, and uses the legal system to squash the lives of casual users. (casual users being defined as job-holding, productive members of society who sporadically indulge socially)
Legalizing drugs would: reduce crimes committed by hard-core users, allow a few casual users to partake more often, increase the general acceptance of casual use, and prevent the callous use of the criminal justice system to tear apart the lives of productive members of society who indulge in a "victimless crime."
Pros:
crime would go down
tax revenue would go up
billions saved on Plan Columbia-type policies
productive members of society no longer smacked around for harmlessly indulging
Cons:
increased casual use
more casual users would become hard-core users
Hardly what I'd call "all hell breaking out."
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