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<blockquote data-quote="Lechon" data-source="post: 1285127" data-attributes="member: 4140">Yes, the truth is not black and white, leftist media says a lot of stupid things and a lot of these people commit violent crimes too. But the point is non-violent drug crimes add a lot of prison time even if most prisoners aren't non-violent angels just in for recreational drug use.Something that really adds a lot of prison years in the US is breaking parole violations with testing positive for weed, where metabolites stay in your system for a month, or even violations such as possesion of rolling papers. I'm not a fan of lying around smoking weed all day, but the fact is it's pacifying for real criminals with real issues, and there's no good reason to fill up jails with them for others. I'm sure there are good stats on exactly how many people are behind bars in the US for non-violent drug offences and how many prison years are added to violent prisoner's sentences, but since this isn't a WOD-thread I think I'll pass on that (after taking a puff <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lechon, post: 1285127, member: 4140"] Yes, the truth is not black and white, leftist media says a lot of stupid things and a lot of these people commit violent crimes too. But the point is non-violent drug crimes add a lot of prison time even if most prisoners aren't non-violent angels just in for recreational drug use. Something that really adds a lot of prison years in the US is breaking parole violations with testing positive for weed, where metabolites stay in your system for a month, or even violations such as possesion of rolling papers. I'm not a fan of lying around smoking weed all day, but the fact is it's pacifying for real criminals with real issues, and there's no good reason to fill up jails with them for others. I'm sure there are good stats on exactly how many people are behind bars in the US for non-violent drug offences and how many prison years are added to violent prisoner's sentences, but since this isn't a WOD-thread I think I'll pass on that (after taking a puff :D). [/QUOTE]

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