[quote=walterwhite]ok, if ron paul is into legalizing drugs, then he’s all right. ron paul in 2012! I’m not moved by the fed reserve stuff, but if he wants to end the war on drugs, i think he’s a-ok….[/quote]
scaredy, I agree that the “war on drugs” has been mostly futile and has cost our country a bundle over the years. I’m also against petty drug crimes being prosecuted. Not only do these needless prosecutions create more (expensive) “three-strikers” to languish in the criminal justice system and then be warehoused (and “job security” for the scaredy cats of the world), they suck up ungodly amounts of multiple agencies time and court time and leave thousands of minor children as wards of the state. Even if these children are placed temporarily with other relatives, those relatives are paid by counties to feed and house them and those children then become eligible for Medi-Cal.
I’m all for leaving these parents who “got caught” possessing at their jobs so they can continue to make their restitution payments and support their families. Yes, even if they are “repeat offenders.” Or at the very least, short term residential rehab should be ordered, if necessary, to get that parent back whole again so they can work.
If Ron Paul has this same or similar mindset, then I, too, am for him.
