(June 11, 2015 at 6:28 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:(June 11, 2015 at 6:16 pm)Jenny A Wrote:
I don't think that prohibiting the use of marijuana is a human rights violation. And I don't think that states that have made it legal have done so for that reason. So I don't think those convicted of sale or possession should automatically be released from prison. However, considering large number of people who are incarcerated for this reason who are not otherwise criminals, and the disproportionately large sentences given for possession, I would applaud a law releasing people whose only crime was possession of marijuana and/or selling small amounts of it.
I agree with pretty much everything you said except for the part I bolded. How is limiting what people can do with their own bodies anything but a human rights violation?
You're going to have to explain to me when and why doing anything you like with your body became a human right. Many, many laws regulate what you can do with your body.
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