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More impressed with changes to bail and what constitutes a misdemeanor and more. modifying the war on drugs to target those exploiting others instead of merely
by Shivetya 7y ago
More impressed with changes to bail and what constitutes a misdemeanor and more. modifying the war on drugs to target those exploiting others instead of merely using would go a long way to meeting their lower incarceration numbers they want.
but let us not kid ourselves, those numbers are not majority small time offenders. a city that large has a good number of people not fit to be around the rest
- walrus01 7y agoNot specific to NYC, but the United States always seems to have plenty of money for the criminal justice system and incarceration, but relatively little for drug addiction rehab and treatment. But look at the cost per day to keep one person in jail for a nonviolent drug offense... Decriminalization in Portugal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal
- hanniabu 7y agoIt's by design
- shuckles 7y agoThere were lots of European countries were serious drug abuse problems in the 80s and many were able to solve them (Berlin, Amsterdam, and Switzerland all come to mind) with a range of policies on the supportive to punitive spectrum. I don't know why Portugal tends to get disproportionate attention.