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How much of current drug arrests are related to addicts looking for a fix? Spoiler alert, it's a tiny fraction. Theft and assault should still be crimes. Usag
by ses1984 6y ago
How much of current drug arrests are related to addicts looking for a fix?
Spoiler alert, it's a tiny fraction.
Theft and assault should still be crimes. Usage should not be criminalized. Trafficking should be replaced with regulated commerce.
- WarOnPrivacy 6y agoThe prominent crimes here from addicts looking for a fix are panhandling, vagrancy and trespassing.
- ses1984 6y agoI don't think anyone is arguing that ending the war on drugs is going to directly reduce these crimes. It may have an impact on these crimes from second order effects, but to really tackle those crimes you would need to go one step further than ending the war on drugs and replacing it with more progressive policies.