Have to agree, just because a law is a law does not make it just. But, there is still punishment to breaking it and we all know that. When I was in the military during desert storm, there wasn't anybody in the country that wouldn't buy me a drink if I went into a bar in uniform. I was under 21 so it was illegal. If the establishment served me they could lose their liquor license. Is that just? No, but it is the law. You will not go to prison for selling weed one time. If you repeat it multiple times, the punishment will get worse. If you make selling weed legal. ( only weed, not meth, coke or any other so called harder drugs) you would not change the amount of people in prison. These guys would no longer sell weed to make money. Legalizing weed would hurt the cash illegal pot seller. He would switch to something else where the demand would outweigh the supply so he could control the price. Vicious circle, single parent, another criminal in prison, anther kid growing up with shit role models and fairly certain to do the same thing. And so on and so on
Also. This can't be blamed on Obama. This has been happening throughout time. Since before the Reagan era. This is not a right wing left wing thing. This is a money thing and government itself is a for profit business. Crime is profitable for all involved except the actual criminal. Look at all the money involved in the criminal process from the police , lawyers, judges, courthouses, bailiffs , prisons , prison guards, prison supplies, food, appeals, clothing , contracts in maintaining, tax dollars they create. The list goes on and on. Government will always be corrupt. You think Halliburton getting all the contracts for Saudi and Afghanistan was a coincidence?
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