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I'll present a counter argument: these crimes are born out of poverty and addiction. Charging even more addicts & poor people with felonies does nothing to help

• Scoundreller 7y ago
  If wealthy are impacted by a crime in the same way as poor people, suddenly coming up with solutions becomes important.
• asdff 7y ago
  If I were on crank stealing bike cranks to buy more crank, I would want to be arrested and sweat out withdrawal in treatment or even jail. Whatever the facility, I'd have medical staff monitoring my symptoms every step of the way, unlike in my tent on the sidewalk. The last thing I would want is to spend a night in jail then released for time served, wander back to my crank den, where after getting more crank into my veins I will be back on the street finding more bike cranks to sell for scrap and continue feeding the beast until I die. You might say that sounds bleaker than reality, but Los Angeles just buried some 1500 unclaimed dead the other day.
  • tree3 7y ago
    > If I were on crank stealing bike cranks to buy more crank, I would want to be arrested and sweat out withdrawal You are speaking as someone who hasn't suffered from addiction. If you are an addict, you want drugs and you'll avoid withdrawl at all costs. > Whatever the facility, I'd have medical staff monitoring my symptoms You get the bare minimum in jail. > The last thing I would want is to spend a night in jail then released for time served, wander back to my crank den, where after getting more crank into my veins If you were an addict, that's exactly what you would want.