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Wow. It's crazy to see the difference between jurisdictions in this case. I took the time to look up the laws[1] for my country and found (disclaimer I'm no la
by Vespasian 12y ago
Wow. It's crazy to see the difference between jurisdictions in this case.
I took the time to look up the laws[1] for my country and found (disclaimer I'm no lawyer so I might be wrong) a maximum sentence of 5 years for anything related to drugs (including possession and Trafficking)
Were the US sentences always that high or are they a result of the "War on Drugs"?
[1]http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/BJNR106810981.html#BJNR106810981BJNG000601308 http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/btmg_1981/BJNR106810981.ht...
- singlow 12y agoEven in the 70s when Nixon declared "War on Drugs" he was repealing previous mandatory sentences introduced in the 50s. It was in the 80s that the huge mandatory sentences for "Crack" cocaine and lesser ones for other "hard drugs" were re-introduced. Some states also had mandatory sentences throughout this time.