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thoughtcrimeboss
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I'm arguing with a cop on Twitter right now about drug prohibition. He literally thinks that no one ever goes to prison for simple drug possession. What he doesn't realize is that often the imprisonment comes long after he arrests someone and they bail out. Follow the victim of a felony drug possession charge for a few years and you will see the true cost of this bullshit. Loss of employment, loss of custody of children, loss of drivers licenses, endless fines, and probation. For an example, possession of any amount of MDMA is automatically a felony in Texas. So let's say Johnny the Texas college student gets caught with one dose of MDMA. Luckily he's got some money and gets a lawyer, so he gets to do a diversion program to avoid the felony conviction. Then he fails two drug tests for cannabis. Oops, Johnny gets kicked out of diversion program because the State considers him a worthless drug addict. Now he goes back to court, pleas guilty to felony drug possession and is sentenced to probation.
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thoughtcrimeboss
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No worries it's just probation right? Well he loses his federal student loans because of the conviction, so he can't afford to continue to go to college without getting a job. His family spent all their savings on the lawyer and bail. No one will hire him because of the conviction. Probation says he needs to be working or going to school or they will violate him. A very stressed out Johnny smokes some cannabis and fails a few drug tests. Probation violates him and his suspended sentence of 6 months in prison kicks in. Two years after the initial arrest, Johnny goes to prison for one dose of MDMA. Nothing is gained by this, tens of thousands of tax dollars are spent, a promising young life is destroyed.
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thoughtcrimeboss
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It's not over yet though, Johnny makes lots of new friends in prison and is exposed to a world he would of stayed away from on his own. After 6 months of crime school, and with little hope of getting a good job or continuing his education, Johnny starts selling drugs. The next time he gets caught, he has a record and is treated as a career criminal rather than a college student who partied too much. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 2 to 10 years for getting caught with an eight ball of cocaine. The judge sees that he doesn't have a job or go to school and decides he is hopeless and hits him with 5 years in prison.
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