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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (7905)	12/24/2006 4:46:09 PM
From: Sam	of 15987

OT---> Of course, the US is reflected as having the most incarcerated people per 100,000... So should we discern from that data that there is far less crime in other parts of the world, including Iraq?.. :0) Or maybe we just make a better effort at catching and punishing criminals? It's because of our drug laws. Back in the late 18th century, most people in jail were debtors; today, most are drug offenders. I know a couple of completely harmless people who spent some time in jail for possession of minor amounts of marijuana. Well, one of them harms himself by consuming too much marijuana, but he doesn't harm anyone else. For the other one, marijuana has been a "way of life" for over twenty years, he got caught with joints 2 too many times, did some time. There are better ways of dealing with harmless users than jail, but we don't seem to have the legal/political imagination to find them and put them into practice. Too much fun for politicians to lump all "drug users" together, and be "tough" on crime.

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