XPost: rec.drugs.cannabis, uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
   XPost: uk.rec.drugs.cannabis   
   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article <8_6dnUwVuqDM1afXnZ2dnUVZ8o6dnZ2d@bt.com> "Aidy"  writes:   
   >"sobriquet"  wrote in message   
   >news:d311f199-e7d6-4032-a07a-cbcc0742d9a0@q14g2000vbn.googlegroups.com...   
      
   >> Yeah.. those people (non-violent drug users) don't belong in jail   
      
   >Come now, we all know people don't typically get jailed for casual drug use.   
   >The type of user I'm talking about takes drugs in parallel with the many   
   >other crimes they commit as it seems habitual criminality and illegal drugs   
   >use go hand in hand.   
      
   I have no problem with prosecuting those people for the other crimes.   
      
   However, in many cases it is easier for the law enforcement system to   
   prosecute them for drugs.  If they commit real crimes, they should be   
   prosecuted for that, and the drugs should be made legal.   
      
   Note that the vast majority of casual illegal drug users do not commit crimes   
   other than buying and possessing drugs, yet they face the same risk of being   
   arrested, prosecuted and thrown in jail/prison.   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
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