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I love the item that appears regularly in local court news: someone nailed for possessing a "usable amount of marijuana." Is there an amount so small as to be unusable?
As to rehab: I'm curious what the recidivism rate is on those who might have learned a useful trade inside. How difficult is it to get hired anywhere?
Wring, some of your points echo Nonny's, above. A universal one seems to be that no one expects to get caught, and your post tends to confirm that.
I've read that in some Islamic countries, punishment is meted out quickly and rather brutally, e.g. lopping off a hand, or flogging in public. We think of these measures as barbaric, and perhaps they are, but are they any worse than our prison environment of gangs, drugs, rape etc.? They do seem to be an effective deterrent, from what I'm told.
Not debating, just asking.
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