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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (5002)9/7/1999 12:55:00 AM
From: chalu2  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
I guess the major things that bother me about incarcerating non-violent users are that they don't necessarily get any treatment, and that they wind up with criminal records. Thus, even if they later "see the light" like GWB supposedly did, they do not have the same opportunities he has due to having a record. The only reason he doesn't have a record is he wasn't caught. This is where I think he's being a hypocrite: by being so hard on mere possession, he's denying many in the same boat he was in the opportunities he now enjoys by branding them for life.
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