that 75% of drug related crime was cut. Our society would be a much more peaceful place. "Approximately 40 million Americans are occasional, peaceful users of some illegal drug who are no threat to anyone".
             As for the so-called "junkies" that are thrown in jail, most of them are first time law offenders that have been caught with a small amount of drugs. Of course some of those 40 million peaceful users are going to get caught eventually, but what is the real crime? They are not looting stores, robbing houses, or mugging people on the street. Chances are that they got pulled over for speeding while they had a little marijuana or cocaine in their possession. As a result of all these little offenders that are made out to be full-blown criminals our prison systems are over flowing, but yet we still continue to pile people in them. "We should be filling them with the people we built them for-the violent predator and repeat offenders. Not the guy who got caught with a few bucks worth of crack.
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