Locking more and more people up hasn't done much to solve America's drug issues. But if you feel it's a moral necessity, it's hard to discuss alternatives.
I think the war on drugs is fundamentally flawed, and I don't think drug users should be convicted or sent to prison but I do think that dealing illegal drugs should definitely count orders of magnitude more heavily since the very activity of dealing enables the destruction of a large number of other people.
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Locking more and more people up hasn't done much to solve America's drug issues. But if you feel it's a moral necessity, it's hard to discuss alternatives.
But mrits was talking about heroin dealers.
I think the war on drugs is fundamentally flawed, and I don't think drug users should be convicted or sent to prison but I do think that dealing illegal drugs should definitely count orders of magnitude more heavily since the very activity of dealing enables the destruction of a large number of other people.
and dealers should primarily punished for tax avoidance, operating a unlicensed pharmacy, breaking DEA license terms.
which would put them in prison for way longer. and for the right crime.