Here's the thing: When we jail people for drug offenses, we aren't addressing any issues. That family still loses a mother or father and still has their life ruined.

I have a great many addicts in my family. My cousin and uncle have both done time and lose their kids due to heroin and meth, and they just do more heroin and meth. My older sister spent over a decade addicted to meth, but got clean because she worked her [BLEEP] off and didn't want to lose her kid.

The point is, you can't legally mandate that people don't mess up their lives. You go on and on about victimless crimes, but drugs are illegal and people...still do them. At the very least, weed should 100% be legal as it's substantially less dangerous than alcohol. It's ludicrous that people are serving jail time for it.

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