(January 19, 2018 at 11:16 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(January 19, 2018 at 11:00 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Regardless of how the credit is apportioned, let's be constructive and use unemployment data and the nations relaxation of cannabis laws to commute sentences of low level drug offenders (regardless of race) en masse, and restore voting rights too.
Good chance to re-habituate large numbers of prisoners here and I'd hate to see the chance not even fucking recognized through the miasma of the fucking political blame/credit haze and fog.
Lemons to lemonade opportunity here for a considerable number of inmates, let's jump on this !!!
I applaud any such effort. Good luck with that under the current administration and Congress, though.
I saw a billboard last night that had an interesting quote, that if true, should prompt any right-thinking politicians to alter their stance on cannabis. "States that have legalized cannabis have reduced opioid related deaths by 25%."
That's a truly significant number, especially considering how recent most of the legalization are.
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