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If on his own Sessions wasn't enough, he's teamed-up with Steven Cook, probably one of THE most anti-drug hardliner there is. He's a major proponent of Nancy Reagan's 'just say no' strategy and feels that filling the prison system is a good thing.
originally posted by: jtma508
spending $80B (billion) a year to do so is an abject failure
originally posted by: jtma508
a reply to: LogicalGraphitti
I understand that view. But when you have a candidate convince people that he's 'for them'...
originally posted by: jtma508
a reply to: LogicalGraphitti
You can't assign success based upon what you believe the 'alternative' to be. Would it really matter to you if it was the Crypts or Bloods that raped your child?
originally posted by: jtma508
Remember when that guy said 'don't forget to set your clocks back 300yrs' after Trump was elected? Well, here's another sign that he wasn't far off. When Jeff Sessions was picked as US Attorney General, any hope of continuing the trend toward sane drug policies largely went out the window. If on his own Sessions wasn't enough, he's teamed-up with Steven Cook, probably one of THE most anti-drug hardliner there is. He's a major proponent of Nancy Reagan's 'just say no' strategy and feels that filling the prison system is a good thing. Despite all the evidence over decades that leading the world in the incarceration rate (the U.S. accounts for 25% of the world's prison population) and spending $80B (billion) a year to do so is an abject failure, Sessions and his buddy Cook are preparing to double-down.
As Canada is about to legalize cannabis nationally and other countries have benefited demonstrably from a more sane and humane view on drugs in general and cannabis in particular, Sessions/Cook plan to return to the drug war heyday of the '80s. Apparently all the evidence that has come in showing how cannabis legalization has not only NOT brought on chaos and anarchy but actually provided a range of benefits from lower rates of prescriptions being written for abuse-able drugs, lower highway death rates, reduced opioid use, and a huge boost in tax revenues isn't enough for these geniuses.
So thank you Trump voters/supporters. Thank you for putting someone in the Presidency that puts two people in-charge of the nation's justice system whose views are directly opposite those of the American people who elected him. Just one more way Trump is 'looking out for The People.
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originally posted by: LogicalGraphitti
I was disappointing in Session's view and I'm not even a user. But, we have a lot bigger problems than arguing over legalizing pot. Let's get people working and prosperous.
originally posted by: jtma508
So thank you Trump voters/supporters. Thank you for putting someone in the Presidency that puts two people in-charge of the nation's justice system whose views are directly opposite those of the American people who elected him. Just one more way Trump is 'looking out for The People.